When I started working in the procurement technology space many moons ago the solutions were very specialised (i.e. e-sourcing) and often just an ERP add-on […]
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Thoughts on sustainability from the big consulting firms at ValueX
The morning session at SAP Ariba/SAP Fieldglass ValueX left us with some thoughts from the big consulting firms about the way procurement, and indeed business, […]
Wax Digital – One of the Standout Providers in this Quarter’s SolutionMap Rankings
Spend Matters recently released its Q2 SolutionMap procurement solution provider and platform capabilities benchmark rankings. Across 12 technology areas it deep dives into solutions and providers and […]
Ensuring Supplier Transparency in Uncertain Times – D&B Supply Chain Risk Report
We are pleased to feature this guest post from Chris Laws, Head of Product Development - Supply & Compliance at Dun & Bradstreet. Supply chain […]
Per Angusta: a Laser-Like Focus on Managing the Sourcing Pipeline
“Can you imagine a Sales function without SalesForce or another CRM system? Yet those of us working in Procurement more often than not work without […]
Ivalua in Paris – Painting an Impressive Picture
As promised we have more coverage from Ivalua Now which took place in Paris last week. Peter Smith returns to share his thoughts ... Last […]
Ivalua Now Paris: A Huge Success and a Testament to their Growth
Spend Matters analyst, Michael Lamoureux, attended Ivalua's annual conference in Paris last week. Here, he shares his experience and learnings with us. I knew that […]
In Case You Missed It … P2P Market Roundup
We can't comment on every press release that hits our desks, but here are a few market news stories this week that we thought we […]
Direct Materials Procurement – Does Europe Have A Market That North America Doesn’t?
Procurement industry expert and Spend Matters founder, Jason Busch, has been putting the deepest reaches of the ‘procurement tech market’ segment of his brain to […]
Peter Smith at eWorld – Identifying the Right Procurement Solutions and Providers in a Shifting Market
If you are going to be at eWorld next week, one presentation not to be missed is Procurement Technology: A Paradigm Shift In How We […]
A New Journey For Scanmarket – What Lies Ahead
We wrote, when news broke at the end of last week, that leading Nordics-based strategic e-sourcing provider Scanmarket had announced the sale of 90% of […]
The Five Principles of Sourcing – Spend Matters Top Papers
In the run up to Christmas and my passing over the Spend Matters UK/Europe reins, we’ve been featuring some of the briefing papers I’ve written […]