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Supplier collaboration: Turning the dial on the innovation and sustainability agenda
January 20, 2021 | Brand Studio
We’ve seen from 2020 the importance of organizational resilience, both operational and strategic. The core to that resilience lies with supplier/buyer relationships and collaboration. What 2020 therefore has also highlighted is the need for nimbleness, speed and flexibility in doing that. And that is one of the reasons why supplier collaboration initiatives have become so…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — SAP (part 1)
December 22, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Last year at the end of December 2019, we ran a series of predictions about procurement and supply chain trends for 2020 from expert tech and service providers in the market. But who could have foreseen what happened in 2020! This year, the market again provides its predictions for the next 12 months, using learnings…
Covid pandemic — a forerunner for the impact of Brexit on consumers and the supply chain?
December 17, 2020 | Guest Contributor
With the UK leaving the EU customs union and single market, new bureaucracy is on the way, whether there is a deal or not. From the EU point of view, the UK becomes a “third country” – we just don’t know whether it will be one where a trade deal is in place. Now more…
Public Spend Forum: Market intelligence superheroes, barriers to entry and finding PPE suppliers
December 11, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public buying everywhere. GovShop is its free-to-use global government market research tool for finding and connecting with suppliers. Here's the latest from PSF ...
Future 5 start-up winner graphiteConnect talks increasing importance of supplier networks
December 3, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
graphiteConnect has become known for its data library used for supplier relationship and risk management, and was recently named a Future 5 start-up by Spend Matters. We chatted with graphiteConnect’s founder and CEO, Conrad Smith, to learn more about the solution and to hear first-hand just what it means to be selected as a Future…
20 Questions On Supplier Network Selection (Part 1) - [Plus + Content]
September 27, 2019 | Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell
Editor's note: This Spend Matters Plus brief is a refresh of our 2013 series on supplier network selection, which originally ran on Spend Matters PRO. The supplier network and business connectivity landscape has evolved into a world where simply staying on top of all of the on-ramps to systems and commerce is challenging enough —…
ConnXus Brings ‘Quick and Clean’ Supplier Data Cleansing to the Masses with SmartScrub: Vendor Analysis Update - [PRO Content]
July 1, 2019 | Nick Heinzmann
For the majority of procurement organizations today, obtaining and maintaining accurate supplier master data is a huge pain point. Most organizations still do not trust their vendor master as a single source of truth (or even have one!) — nor do they have the time or personnel to continuously validate and enrich supplier records to…
ConnXus Envisions a Next-Generation Supplier Network With myConnXion: Vendor Analysis Update - [PRO Content]
December 27, 2018 | Nick Heinzmann and Jason Busch
ConnXus has grown in less than a decade from a specialized supplier diversity compliance tracking service to a notable provider of supplier relationship management solutions. As Spend Matters’ Q4 2018 Supplier Relationship Management and Risk SolutionMap indicates, ConnXus offers mid- to top-tier functionality for capabilities including supplier performance management, risk management, configurability and services —…
Gary Hare Talks Amazon Business and Turning the Internet into the ‘World’s Largest Supplier Network’ (Part 2)
November 27, 2018 | Nick Heinzmann
“I think the market is going to move from being buyer-centric ... to supplier-centric. [Suppliers] need help going digital,” says procurement veteran Gary Hare. “We really have no choice if we want to get this right.” Hare’s assessment came during a discussion about Coupa’s purchase of Aquiire and the future of e-procurement shopping, which he…
Sustainable SRM Is Focus of 10th Annual State of Flux Report on Supplier Relationships
November 1, 2018 | Jonathan Messinger
Many businesses have come around to the idea that sustainability is not just a hashtag or a marketing ploy but something that can help a company advance its business goals. But as organizations dive into all the ways they can save energy and use friendlier materials, they soon realize there are only so many they…
Supplier Relationship Management Needs a Jolt of Technology, State of Flux’s SRM Summit Finds
October 31, 2018 | Nick Heinzmann
Procurement has made significant strides in supporting supplier relationship management initiatives, but poor investment in technology could limit the potential benefits those programs can deliver in the years to come, according to State of Flux, a consulting firm that specializes in SRM and which held its annual SRM summit in Chicago on Oct. 23. Over…
Tradeshift vs. SAP Ariba: E-Invoicing and Supplier Network Evaluation and Head-to-Head Comparison
June 22, 2018 | Jason Busch
In its early years, Tradeshift was a thorn in the side of SAP Ariba in a handful of strategic accounts. More recently, as Tradeshift transitioned from operating at least in part (previously) on the PowerPoint platform to its own, the provider has emerged as more than just a credible threat and is now an everyday…

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The Fishmeal Effect: Prices for the Feed Material Fall in 2015 : Dorothy Martins said : Dear Mr. Abongo, We are a company located in Europe. We supply very good fishmeal quality to A...

Public Sector Services: What a ‘Person Year’ is and Other Work-Hour Quirks for Government Contracting : Steve Williams said : I recently observed a spreadsheet that used 2030 as the hours to divide the salary to get an hourly ...

Incremental to exponential: 5 overlooked benefits of procurement automation : Michael Shaw said : Good summary. Great points, Alan....

Modernizing the healthcare supply chain in the coronavirus era : Jam Saeed Ahmed said : yes, investments in advanced manufacturing capabilities make it easier to build products in the Unit...

'Sell me this procure-to-pay solution' : Thierry Jaffry said : I truly agree with Mark's analysis. And I would add a couple of things from the SI point of view: mo...