Spend Matters analysts attended Coupa Inspire Americas 2024 in Las Vegas, the company’s 11th annual Inspire conference and its largest to date. In their first dispatch our analysts cover Coupa CEO Leagh Turner’s opening speech, which touched on Coupa’s five initiatives to bridge the customer “margin erosion zone:” assisting customers with growth, efficiency, productivity, resiliency and sustainability. They also highlight key announcements — free to read with a Basic registration. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Coupa Inspire 2024: New pro ..read more

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Daato, an ESG compliance solution built to address the challenges companies face with complying to different reporting frameworks. The regulatory landscape that procurement professionals have to navigate is constantly changing. New regulations are frequently being introduced, especially regarding sustainability. For example, in March 2024, the EU Member States approved the updated text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). However, the European Parliament still has to vote on it. If passed, the CSDDD would ..read more

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Relish and its application development solution. Relish was founded by individuals with extensive consulting experience who recognized the gaps in IT solutions, especially when it comes to procurement. Relish aims to build lightweight apps that strategically augment enterprise solutions, optimizing investments in procurement solutions. This analysis examines Relish’s platform and applications, identifies competitors in the space, offers user considerations and concludes with some key takeaways. Here’s why Relish matters: To the market ..read more

On April 11, Docusign hosted the in-person session of Docusign Momentum, its annual conference, at The Glasshouse in New York. The event featured major announcements, including a new logo and branding, an AI-powered intelligent agreement review platform with function-specific applications and other new products, such as a centralized repository called Navigator and a no-code/drag-and-drop workflow tool called Maestro. First, Docusign President and General Manager of Growth, Robert Chatwani, unveiled the new Docusign logo and branding (which is visible on the Docusign website). Then, CEO Allan ..read more

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Matchory, a solution built to simplify and accelerate the supplier discovery process. In times when nearshoring and ally-shoring are at the top of the agenda of many procurement professionals, supplier scouting is making a comeback as an essential capability. Specifically, these discovery tools can help by making the job of sifting through the massive number of available companies more manageable. Matchory was founded in 2019 and targets medium to large manufacturers and procurement consultancies in Europe and North America. Matchory focu ..read more

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. In the past year, numerous commodity markets faced major disruptions due to factors like the Russia-Ukraine war, rising US and European interest rates and volatile economies. The Smart Cube’s ‘Commodity in Focus’ series analyzes commodity markets to understand these influences and offer forecasts. In our recent webinar, experts examined disruptions in metals, oil, gas and resin markets, providing insights into potential developments for 2024. The full session is available to view on demand for detailed predictions and explan ..read more

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of LSQ and its solution for Working Capital Management. LSQ is an active participant in the fintech industry with its LSQ platform, which offers a suite of working capital management solutions. From spend insights to supplier management and payment management, LSQ’s FastTrack provides essential tools for businesses. With features like Early Payment for suppliers and Flex Terms for buyers, LSQ helps with flexibility and efficiency in financial transactions. This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis delves into LSQ’s offerings, analyzing its platf ..read more

Throughout the year our analyst team provides vendor-specific profiles and tech solution analyses as part of Spend Matters Insider content. Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data. In this roundup of Q1, we review the Vendor Analyses and other Insider content that the team produced in the previous quarter. We then look ahead to what members can expect in t ..read more

This Spend Matters Brand Studio article was written in conjunction with Certa. Compliance and risk management is a growing and interesting use case of GenAI for procurement, finance and, of course, legal operations. The technology opens up a wealth of capabilities not previously possible for the procurement practitioner in terms of data availability, end-to-end visibility, cost, time and risk reduction, and ultimately the overall health of the third-party network. Its uptake is only going to grow as organizations begin to rely on its power to tackle big business issues, such as third-party ris ..read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many different forms (for a complete history of AI in procurement, check out our recently published autoaugmentation series) and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry. This article explores the current state of AI in the intake and orchestration marketspace, including a capabilities overview, a high-level market overview and an introduction to the emerging field of GenAI in intake and orchestration. List of all providers who answered our survey: Acquire Insights ..read more