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Spendata: Rewriting Spend Analysis from the Ground Up - [PRO Content]
July 16, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
Two years ago, we introduced you to Spendata (in our PRO Vendor Analysis Part 1 and Part 2 series) as one of the newest entrants to the spend analysis space, founded by some of the oldest veterans in the market. They've been designing and building analytics solutions for over two decades, and have already defined…
aPriori: Product Cost Management tool spotlight (Part 2) — Use Cases, Depth of Solution, ROI, Summary Analysis - [PRO Content]
June 9, 2020 | Eric Hiller
Part 2 of this Spend Matters PRO series will look at an array of use cases for aPriori’s capabilities in product cost management. It also will include profiles of who should use the solution, the depth and breadth of the solution, how quickly aPriori can return value, and a summary analysis. For full disclosure, I…
Rosslyn Data Technologies: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — Strengths and Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
April 8, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In Part 1 of the Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot series, we detailed the history and solution capabilities of Rosslyn Data Technologies, one of the more distinctive spend analytics vendors in the procurement space. A granddaddy of the sector, it was one of the first self-serve vendors, first cloud vendors and first public providers in…
Rosslyn Data Technologies: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Background, Solution Overview, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
April 7, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In this three-part Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot, you'll see that Rosslyn Data Technologies is a granddaddy in the best-of-breed spend analytics space. With all of the acquisitions, re-brandings, mergers, re-platformings and a recent name change from Rosslyn Analytics, there are few standalone best-of-breed providers left in the space that have been around for over…
AppZen: Vendor Analysis — Strengths/Weaknesses, Company SWOT, Competitors, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
March 18, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann
The term “audit” usually implies a reactive activity. When something goes wrong, a business conducts an audit to find out what happened, then corrects its procedures to prevent the error from recurring. This approach is, of course, not ideal. Rather than spend time and energy retroactively correcting a problem, taking a proactive, preventative approach to…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Sievo — find the risks hiding in your data, prioritize and take action - [PRO Content]
March 16, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In our response to the coronavirus outbreak, this Spend Matters PRO series is continuing its mission to examine selected technology providers that professionals in procurement, finance and supply chain organizations should consider to reduce, and even mitigate, coronavirus supply risk — and then recover as fast as possible when sanity returns to the world. The…
Suplari: Vendor Analysis (Part 3) — SWOT, Competitors, Selection Guide, Analysis - [PRO Content]
March 13, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
Suplari faces significant competition from multiple market segments: S2P/P2P/S2C suites, best-of-breed spend analysis vendors, and generic best-in-class analytic and business intelligence (BI) solutions that are adding in a few spend/supplier-centric reports and touting themselves as solutions for back-office sourcing/procurement professionals. It's a very noisy, messy space, and it can be very confusing for an analytic…
Suplari: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — Strengths and Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
March 12, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
As indicated in Part 1, Suplari was formed to get the relevant purchasing data out of siloed enterprise systems and into the hands of procurement professionals who needed it to make decisions. Billing itself as “AI-Driven Analytics for Modern Procurement Teams,” Suplari was formed with the goal to use all of the available, disparate enterprise…
Suplari: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Background, Solution Overview, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
March 11, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This three-part Spend Matters Vendor Snapshot series will give an overview of the spend analytics vendor Suplari, examine its strengths and weakness, and provide a comparison with its competitors in the procurement technology market. Billing itself as “AI-Driven Analytics for Modern Procurement Teams,” Suplari was formed to get the relevant purchasing data out of siloed…
Sievo: Vendor Analysis 2020 Update — Part 3 (Comparison to Competitors and Summary Analysis) - [PRO Content]
February 21, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This final installment of our Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update series covering Sievo offers a provider SWOT analysis, competitive assessment and comparison with other providers in the spend analytics market, a shortlist of providers, a user requirements checklist and analysis. Not only is the market for spend analysis solutions highly fragmented from a…
Sievo: Vendor Analysis 2020 Update — Part 1 (Background & Solution Overview) - [PRO Content]
February 18, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update offers a refresh of our 2017 review of Sievo’s solution. The three-part series provides facts and expert analysis to help buying organizations make informed decisions about whether they need a solution like Sievo to drive spend analytics programs in place of or in addition to their current…
SpendHQ Vendor Analysis 2020 Update: Part 3 (SWOT, Vendor Comparisons, Selection Tips, Analysis) - [PRO Content]
January 31, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
Part 3 of this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update on SpendHQ will have a company-level SWOT analysis, vendor comparisons, a user selection guide, and insider evaluation and selection considerations. The update series builds on our 2016 review of the spend analytics firm started by Insight Sourcing Group (ISG). Part 1 provided a history…

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Q&A: ‘Unless procurement takes a different view to management of services spend, it will continue to be difficult to get it right’ : Outsourced Procurement said : Procurement should always be seen as a collaboration. Whether that's with internal departments and s...

Suppliers and Ariba: Prisoners or Not? : K said : Agree!!! Suppliers should not have to pay for access to a customer mandated system. If they want us...

WorkMarket Partners to Offer Full Coverage Workers’ Compensation for Freelancers : Andrew Karpie said : Hi James, This article is from 2017. So not sure of what is the current status at WorkMarket for t...

5 Themes That Excite Me About Procurement & Finance Tech Venture Investing : Peter Smith said : Great stuff Jason. I might add that despite the maturity, there are still some major areas with big ...

WorkMarket Partners to Offer Full Coverage Workers’ Compensation for Freelancers : James Calbert said : Is this saying that, as a service provider, workers comp is covered by WorkMarket?...