29 Oct Making sense of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure to Pay 2021
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for P2P speaks for itself. Coupa shines – again. No surprise there....
Procurement Software
27 Oct How does your in-house procurement system compare to world class?
Posted at 01:47h
in Digital Transformation, e-Procurement, e-Procurement Software, Procurement Software, Purchase to Pay
Any mature, modern organisation should have a long hard look at itself if it is still using an in-house built procurement system....
10 Jan Build or Buy decision tree for Purchase to Pay
Purchase to pay technology is sophisticated and mature. Building from scratch or cannibalising a solution designed to meet the needs of something else is never going to end well....
08 Mar Access Group acquires procurement software business
There was an interesting announcement this week in the Purchasing Software world. The Access Group, a UK provider to growing mid-market businesses, has announced the completion of the acquisition of Procure Wizard who specialise in providing procurement solutions for the UK hospitality industry....
09 Aug Are e-procurement solutions necessary anymore?
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in Blockchain, Procurement Best Practices, Procurement Process, Procurement Software, Purchase to Pay, Purchase to Pay Process, Purchasing Process
In the early days of e-procurement - the 1990s - the solutions that were emerging were transformational and to understand why, we need to recall what the procurement landscape was like then....
06 Jan Selecting a P2P vendor – assessing the price model
When it comes to price models for Purchase to Pay solutions, there are as many as there are providers. Some charge per transaction either as a flat fee or as a percentage of the value of the transaction. Some charge suppliers, some don’t and some...
13 Oct Rob Bernshteyn and the Coupa Coup
It was quite a coup (pun intended). It was by no means a certainty that Coupa’s initial public offering would be so successful but I think even the most optimistic would not have dared to expect how things played out. At the 11th hour the...