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CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Supply Risk — Mitigating and Recovering from the Grey Swan of COVID-19 - [PRO Content]
April 6, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell
The mission of our “Coronavirus Response” series is to examine categories of relevant solutions and example providers that professionals in procurement, finance and supply chain organizations should investigate to reduce coronavirus supply risk. We’re calling the pandemic a “grey swan” because pandemics are not unknown risks. If you look at the 2019 World Economic Forum…
The Future of Visible Commerce & the Role of Business Transparency - [Sponsored Article]
February 25, 2020 | Klaus Andersen, Basware CEO
How are businesses responding to demands for transactional transparency from customers and wider society? Company leaders need a more holistic approach, which means knowing what sits underneath all their transactions. At Basware, we see such Visible Commerce as a way to simplify operations, spend smarter and do more. We partnered with Harvard Business Review Analytic…
China’s coronavirus outbreak puts global supply chains at risk
February 17, 2020 | JP Morris
The coronavirus has killed 1,665 people and sickened 68,500 in China, with other deaths now reported in Taiwan and France, according to Reuters on Sunday. A special Dun & Bradstreet report, called the “Business Impact from the Coronavirus,” said the risk to companies around the world also is profound — with the outbreak hitting China’s…
Supply chain outlook: Digital visibility, agility are needed for this year’s top 10 concerns for manufacturers
January 16, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Frank McKay, the Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer for Jabil Inc., a global manufacturing solutions company with a focus on electronics. After weathering volatility over the past few years, the business climate in 2020 is shaping up to be a better year for supply chain managers,…
EcoVadis gets $200 million boost for its sustainability ratings and supply chain technology
January 9, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
EcoVadis, a provider of ratings on sustainability, CSR and ESG, today announced a $200 million investment from CVC Growth Partners that puts three CVC executives on the EcoVadis board and sets the company up to expand. “EcoVadis plans to leverage the funding to expand internationally, break into new countries and further invest in its technology…
EcoVadis — Catching Up on a Provider to Know
October 18, 2019 | Spend Matters Team
EcoVadis, a provider of ratings on companies’ sustainability and corporate social responsibility efforts, was named to Spend Matters’ 50 to Know list six months ago. It’s the third year running that it has been highlighted as one of the providers to know in the procurement technology sector that we cover. This year, we’ve taken an…
Procurement pros rise to the occasion at Big Ideas Summit Chicago
September 23, 2019 | JP Morris
When the city of big shoulders hosted the Big Ideas Summit last week, the procurement executives at Procurious’ event in Chicago generated a lot of excitement and a powerful list of insights. An array of speakers led thought-provoking sessions and imparted plenty of big ideas — from the latest in neuroscience to how procurement technology…
‘What other needs do you have?’ — Lessons from ConnXus, a supplier relationship expert
September 23, 2019 | JP Morris
Supplier relationship management (SRM) has grown from just sourcing the best deal to really evaluating suppliers for diversity, ability to innovate, value generation and their risk. In this series on SRM, we’ve discussed how the development of supplier diversity has improved supplier management overall, and we’ve explored how companies can meet their goals to have…
5 benefits of multi-tier supply chain transparency - [Sponsored Article]
September 16, 2019 | KellyAnn Tsai, Transparency-One
Consumers expect brands and retailers to know much more about their products than in the past, such as where it was sourced, how it was manufactured, who was involved or what countries it passed through on its journey to the store. All this requires a deeper understanding of the supply chain. While multi-tier supply chain…
Supplier diversity and supplier management: Don’t choose, do both
July 9, 2019 | JP Morris
Supplier diversity connects to many trends occurring in supplier relationship management (SRM) these days, including developments like the rise of digital transformation, supplier networks and supplier collaboration. As a business trying to start the supplier diversity process, it can be a daunting task to wade through-diverse supplier certifications and classifications to help you find a…
Big Savings in Small Spend — Tales from the Tail - [Sponsored Article]
June 27, 2019 | Chirag Shah, Simfoni
In the world of strategic sourcing, realizing 5 to 8% savings is considered to be impressive. After all, these are the high-spend categories and are supposedly already well-managed and frequently revisited for improvement opportunities. In contrast, when our clients work with Simfoni on tail spend management or low-value spend engagements, we witness savings that can…
2019’s global hurricane season to be active, DHL Resilience360 reports about supply chain risks and safeguards
June 24, 2019 | Alex Behrens
Severe weather poses one of the greatest threats and the least predictable risks to global supply chains within our modern globalized economy. The summer hurricane season is a particularly problematic time because nearly half the planet, and a majority of the production capacity for many industries, are located in areas routinely struck by catastrophic weather…

SolutionMap easy-lookup chart: Grid shows all 69 vendors and the procurement technology category they’re in : JP Morris said : Fiverr isn't in SolutionMap yet, but maybe it will join for a future release. Spend Matters does ext...

SolutionMap easy-lookup chart: Grid shows all 69 vendors and the procurement technology category they’re in : Darcy said : Should fiverr be on the list?...

“Ariba Doesn’t Have Customers, It Has Prisoners” : Kerry said : Thank god there are other people that understand that Ariba scams small businesses by charging them ...

Coupa CEO implores procurement pros to lead businesses through the coronavirus crisis : Jason Busch said : Joe, You are entitled to your opinion. But what I will say is that folks like Coupa (via a joint bu...

Coupa CEO implores procurement pros to lead businesses through the coronavirus crisis : Joe Harold said : Been a long time since I have seen such a badly pitched article. Apparently Coupa are positioning th...