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Release note, SolutionMap Spring 2021: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management & Risk, Contract Lifecycle Management and Strategic Procurement Technology (SPT) Suites
April 20, 2021 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the SolutionMap Spring 2021 release for the following five categories: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management, Risk (SRM), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Strategic Procurement Technologies Suite (SPT). The note reviews the process we follow and highlights what has changed since the last…
New Hackett research: Spend cost reduction back at the top of the CPO agenda
February 2, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
The Hackett Group has published its latest research into CPO key issues for 2021. “Procurement must continue to focus on its core mission of spend cost reduction,” the report states, “leveraging digital tools and business partnerships to maximize savings. For example, specialized procurement technologies can elevate the strategic sourcing process, and leveraging new data sources…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — GEP
December 28, 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 and beyond,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — EcoVadis and Ivalua
December 23, 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…
Future 5 start-up winner Prewave talks risk intelligence and the role of social media
December 14, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Prewave, a risk intelligence platform, has taken a unique approach to supply chain risk management by monitoring social media, news media and third-party data feeds and was recently named a Future 5 start-up by Spend Matters. We chatted with Prewave’s co-founder and managing director, Harald Nitschinger, to learn more about the solution and to get…
What exactly is a ‘sustainable turkey’?
December 10, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Thanks to our friend and former colleague Peter Smith for addressing this seasonal burning issue. Knowing my interest in “procurement with purpose” and the sustainability agenda generally, a friend recently asked me the question "What exactly is a sustainable turkey?" with Thanksgiving and Christmas in mind. Their angle was that a turkey can’t be “sustainable”…
Agility Matters — getting connected to suppliers right when you need them
October 28, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
On Thursday, November 5, we will bring together experts to engage in a Q&A on supplier connectivity to help us understand how we create, and why we need, supply chain resiliency. Hamish McKechnie-Sharma, an Associate Partner, Consultancy, UK from Ernst & Young, and Tony Harris, a Global VP Network Solutions at SAP Procurement, will partake…
Procurement with purpose must encompass social justice
October 9, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Paul Polizzotto, the Founder & CEO of Givewith, providing insights into social justice and procurement. Not only do we find ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic — which has rattled supply chains and exposed cracks in a system that has been optimized for decades — but…
Release note, SolutionMap Fall 2020: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management & Risk, Contract Lifecycle Management and Strategic Procurement Technology (SPT) Suites
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the SolutionMap Fall 2020 release for the following five categories: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management & Risk, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Strategic Procurement Technologies Suite. The note reviews the process we follow and highlights what has changed since the last release. This…
Making Sense of Supply Risk Management Solutions (Part 3) — A Look at 8 Supplier Management Providers - [PRO Content]
July 9, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell
“Supplier management,” often called “supplier lifecycle management,” is an area that procurement practitioners struggle with because of its complexity (as is the intersecting area of supply risk management that we’re covering in this series). Supplier management generally breaks out into two main areas: Extracting value from supplier relationships. This includes supplier performance management (SPM), supplier…
Coronavirus disruption puts spotlight on nations in 2020 FM Global Resilience Index
May 27, 2020 | JP Morris
As the coronavirus disruption affects nations around the world, the insurance firm FM Global recently released its 2020 Resilience Index, examining economic indicators, risk factors and supply chain issues in 130 countries around the world — ranking the nations by the resilience of their business environments. “The pandemic of 2020 has tested the resilience of…

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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...