Tech selection requires evaluating a lot of procurement software vendors before making a choice, and our coverage typically focuses on the early part of the process to help companies buy a solution that’s the right fit for their needs. But we wanted to talk with a company well after its tech selection to gain insights…

Welcome to the November 2019 edition of Spend Matters Insider’s Hot List, a monthly look at the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) space that’s available to our PLUS and PRO subscribers. For those new to the Hot List, each edition covers the prior month’s important or interesting technology and innovation developments in the CW/S space.

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 […]

This final installment of our seven-part Spend Matters PRO series on GEP will look at how it compares to its competitors, like SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, Corcentric’s Determine, SynerTrade, Wax Digital and Zycus. Previous installments provided an in-depth look at GEP as a company (Part 1), its specific solutions (Part 2 and Part 3),…

Some of the secrets of Coupa’s continued growth even as it maintains the “Rule of 40” well into the hundreds of millions of dollars of annual revenue — largely through organic development but also through the sale of additional capabilities gained via acquisition — are three quiet teams operating in the shadows behind the product/solution,…

Spend Matters welcomes this guest column from Naseem Malik and Nick Lazzara of MRA Global Sourcing. There’s never a dearth of excitement in the world of procurement, and 2018 has been no exception. The business effects of several new Trump administration policies are coming fast and furious. Fluctuating economic and political conditions are presenting a host of new challenges…

If your current lineup of risk management solution contenders fails to include a supply chain logistics services player (LSP), also known as a third-party logistics provider (3PL), you may want to consider a timeout. As the largest LSP in the world, with approximately 510,000 under its employ, Deutsche Post DHL Group has entered the solution…

We are excited to announce that, after months of debate, our Spend Matters industry analysts can reveal our 50 Providers to Know and 50 Providers […]

RAGE Frameworks Inc., a Genpact company, is a leader in knowledge-based automation technology and services providing AI for the Enterprise. RAGE-AI™ is a no-code patented platform for end-to-end automation of knowledge-based processes. RAGE-AI™ is currently used by some of the largest...

After months of debate, we are excited to reveal our 50 Providers to Know and 50 Providers to Watch for 2017. At Spend Matters, we routinely review the latest procurement technology and service offerings. This uniquely positions us to help you with your vendor selection process. The 50/50 lists are the result of intense debate,…

Earlier today, WNS announced it had acquired Denali Sourcing Services, a procurement solutions provider. Denali was one of the pioneers in procurement managed services. But more recently, the firm has expanded its broader practice in such areas as spend analytics, market intelligence and training. Not all of these capabilities will transition over to WNS —…

IT requirements, more than any other category, are dynamic and fast-moving. Even veteran IT project managers struggle to define exact milestones, work plans and deliverables when new ground is constantly being broken on untested IT requirements in their firms. As we are quickly approaching the end of the year and are inevitably inundated with requests…

For those procurement organizations that have not looked at GEP’s procurement technology suite in recent years, they will likely be surprised when exploring its breadth of functionality, as well as the nuances associated with different capabilities that differentiate it from other suites. These areas include clever takes on category management, integrated suite analytics, mobile support…

The recovery audit market has a long history that’s rooted, in part, on the fact that accounts payable organizations make mistakes when paying suppliers. These errors often stem from poor visibility into accurate master data surrounding contracts, transactional documents and related supplier information that lead to AP mistakes. Root causes include: overpayments, duplicate payments, currency…

Three years ago, Jason Busch and I attended Tradeshift’s analyst day and we were intrigued by the potential of this platform-based e-invoicing application and network provider, which our colleague Peter Smith first analyzed back in early 2011 in his piece “Tradeshift — a Game-Changer in E-Invoicing (and Beyond) or a Danish Flash in the Pan?”…