Procurement Research

This report contains the inaugural Spend and Procurement Analytics SolutionMap℠, a comparative analysis of spend analytics technology solution providers for Q4 2017.

This report contains the inaugural Supplier Relationship Management and Risk (SRM) SolutionMap℠, a comparative analysis of SRM technology solution providers for Q4 2017.

This report contains the inaugural Sourcing SolutionMap℠, a comparative analysis of sourcing technology solution providers for Q4 2017.

This report contains the first update of the E-Procurement, Invoice-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay SolutionMap℠, a comparative analysis of e-procurement, invoice-to-pay and procure-to-pay suite technology solution providers for Q4 2017.

Over the last 12 months, an increasing number of procurement organizations have come to Spend Matters asking how to solve their “tail spend problem.” The issue is simple to grasp — figuring out how to handle the 85%–90% of suppliers that constitute only 5%–10% of spend without consuming the majority of the procurement staff’s time — but far from easy to fix. To better understand the problem and determine the best solutions, we conducted a research study on how companies are addressing tail spend.

The fifth of our short papers outlining key supply chain risk areas looks at geo-political risks, which include war and revolution as well as labour disputes and the like. Clearly, this sort of risk event can be amongst the most serious in terms of implications for buyers.

This is the fourth of our short papers outlining key supply chain risk areas. This examines "man-made" risks, a broad category that ranges from fires and explosions to strikes and labour disputes. All can have a serious impact for customers of the firms affected, so effective risk management is vital.

This is the third in a series of short papers outlining the supply chain risks that can have the most devastating effects on your business. This paper examines the risk to suppliers (and ultimately the buyer) of a natural disaster - a risk type that is mostly unavoidable but one against which you can mitigate.

This is the second in a series of short papers outlining the most important supply chain risks. In this paper we examine supplier reputational risk, the impact it can have on customers and ways in which to mitigate that risk.