Spend Matters coverage 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 16 #sourcetopayS2P categories that create our Vendor Ranking data. In this roundup of Q3, we review the Vendor Analyses and other Insider content that […] The post Q4 2025 research roundup: A deep dive into procurement tech market movements; updated coverage of 12 vendors appeared first on Spend Matters.

We recently launched a research campaign on the discipline of #categorymanagement (CatMan), exploring how businesses implement it, its role in procurement and the benefits it can deliver. To provide a well-rounded perspective, we have published articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As the campaign draws to an end, we have also invited some […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from Beroe appeared first on Spend Matters.

At the beginning of this quarter, we launched a research campaign on the discipline of #categorymanagement (CatMan), exploring how businesses implement it, its role in procurement and the benefits it can deliver. To provide a well-rounded perspective, we have published articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As the quarter ends, we have also […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from WTP Buynamics appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of onPhase and its invoice-to-pay and embedded payments solution that supports procure-to-pay (P2P) processes. AP teams still spend too much time fixing data, chasing approvals and managing multiple tools for invoices,] payments and documents. onPhase brings everything into one place with AP automation, documen management and embedded payments. The platform helps finance teams work faster and with fewer errors through AI-driven capture, configurable workflows and built-in controls that reduce fraud and exceptions. It gives AP teams real-time visibility into spend and payments while cutting out the manual work that slows everything down. This Vendor Analysis explores onPhase’s platform, application and supporting services and delivers a competitive market analysis, complete with key analyst takeaways. Here’s why onPhase matters: * To the market — onPhase unifies AP automation, document management and payments in one platform, closing gaps that most providers still handle through separate tools. * To potential buyers — It offers straight-through processing with AI-driven capture, configurable workflows and built-in payments that help finance teams cut manual work and improve control over spend. The post onPhase: Vendor Analysis — AP Automation overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary appeared first on Spend Matters.

Our recently launched #categorymanagement campaign (CatMan) looked into how the discipline is being deployed by businesses, its relevance to the procurement operation and the benefits it brings.  The series includes articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As we enter the new year, and to round out those perspectives, we have invited some of […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from Anvil Analytical appeared first on Spend Matters.

At the beginning of this quarter, we launched a research campaign on the discipline of #categorymanagement (CatMan), exploring how businesses implement it, its role in procurement and the benefits it can deliver. To provide a well-rounded perspective, we have published articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As the quarter ends, we have also […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from WTP Buynamics appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of sustamize, a solution built to help manufacturers understand and optimize their products’ carbon footprint.  Increased regulation and customer pressure are pushing carbon accountability deeper into supply chains, yet most organizations still struggle to move beyond high-level averages and corporate reporting. Product carbon footprint is what matters in practice, but calculating it requires detailed information at the part, process and geographic level that few companies can access. The result is a gap: sustainability teams lack the data to respond to CBAM and ISO demands, procurement cannot weigh carbon alongside cost in sourcing and engineers have little guidance on designing lower-footprint products. sustamize is tackling this challenge with a bottom-up approach that shifts the focus from company-wide or spend-based estimates to part-specific and bill of material (BoM) level insights. By combining a structured data hub of materials and processes with capabilities that match, assemble and simulate footprints, the solution makes carbon data usable across procurement, cost engineering, product development and finance. This Vendor Analysis provides an overview of sustamize, looks at its competitive landscape, provides considerations for potential users and closes with an analyst summary.  Here’s why sustamize matters: * To the market — sustamize provides bottom-up, product-level carbon footprint data and tools that integrate into engineering, procurement and PLM systems, enabling manufacturers to move beyond corporate averages toward accurate, operationalized emissions insights. * To potential buyers — sustamize is worth considering because it helps procurement, cost engineering and product development teams not only comply with regulations like CBAM, but also make smarter sourcing and design choices that balance cost and carbon in everyday decisions. The post sustamize: Vendor Analysis — #Carbonmanagement solution overview, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary  appeared first on Spend Matters.

We recently launched a new research campaign into the discipline of #categorymanagement (CatMan): how it is being deployed by businesses, its relevance to the procurement operation and the benefits it brings.   We have produced a series of articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As we enter the close of this quarter, and […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from Creactives appeared first on Spend Matters.

Our recently launched #categorymanagement campaign (CatMan) looked into how the discipline is being deployed by businesses, its relevance to the procurement operation and the benefits it brings.  The series includes articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As we enter the new year, and to round out those perspectives, we have invited some of […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from Anvil Analytical appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Pramata and its #contractlifecyclemanagementCLM solution. The provider offers end-to-end CLM capabilities with a focus on AI for large organizations in North America, Europe and the UK and Ireland. Pramata seeks to address common pain points around finding contracts, managing renewals, meeting/enforcing obligations and vendor consolidation. This Vendor Analysis explores Pramata’s platform, application and supporting services and provides a list of Pramata’s competitors, tech selection tips and key analyst takeaways. Here is why Pramata matters: * To the market — Pramata offers end-to-end CLM capabilities with a heavy emphasis on AI capabilities. * To potential buyers — Pramata is an ideal fit for large organizations in need of a CLM platform for managing renewals, obligations, etc. with AI. The post Pramata: Vendor Analysis — CLM solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of sustamize, a solution built to help manufacturers understand and optimize their products’ carbon footprint.  Increased regulation and customer pressure are pushing carbon accountability deeper into supply chains, yet most organizations still struggle to move beyond high-level averages and corporate reporting. Product carbon footprint is what matters in practice, but calculating it requires detailed information at the part, process and geographic level that few companies can access. The result is a gap: sustainability teams lack the data to respond to CBAM and ISO demands, procurement cannot weigh carbon alongside cost in sourcing and engineers have little guidance on designing lower-footprint products. sustamize is tackling this challenge with a bottom-up approach that shifts the focus from company-wide or spend-based estimates to part-specific and bill of material (BoM) level insights. By combining a structured data hub of materials and processes with capabilities that match, assemble and simulate footprints, the solution makes carbon data usable across procurement, cost engineering, product development and finance. This Vendor Analysis provides an overview of sustamize, looks at its competitive landscape, provides considerations for potential users and closes with an analyst summary.  Here’s why sustamize matters: * To the market — sustamize provides bottom-up, product-level carbon footprint data and tools that integrate into engineering, procurement and PLM systems, enabling manufacturers to move beyond corporate averages toward accurate, operationalized emissions insights. * To potential buyers — sustamize is worth considering because it helps procurement, cost engineering and product development teams not only comply with regulations like CBAM, but also make smarter sourcing and design choices that balance cost and carbon in everyday decisions. The post sustamize: Vendor Analysis — #Carbonmanagement solution overview, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary  appeared first on Spend Matters.

We recently launched a new research campaign into the discipline of #categorymanagement (CatMan): how it is being deployed by businesses, its relevance to the procurement operation and the benefits it brings.   We have produced a series of articles, interviews and podcasts with industry experts. As we enter the close of this quarter, and […] The post Category Management: Key insights for 2026 from Creactives appeared first on Spend Matters.

We continue our exploration of intelligence solutions and how they assist #categorymanagement (CatMan) by examining cost intelligence, supplier intelligence and analytics solutions. As mentioned previously, a pillar ofeffective CatMan is a clear and nuanced understanding of supply markets, cost drivers and supplier dynamics that matches internal needs and expectations with external capabilities and realities. Therefore, having outside-in intelligence and capabilities is a key enabler and value driver of any CatMan process. To support this, organizations can leverage their own teams, service providers and technology vendors. This is where external intelligence providers play a critical role. By providing procurement teams with structured insights on pricing and supplier landscapes, they enable organizations to design stronger category strategies, anticipate change and negotiate from a position of knowledge. The post Category Management technology vendors (Part 3): Cost intelligence, supplier intelligence and analytics solutions appeared first on Spend Matters.

Our recent research and interviews on #categorymanagement (CatMan) have led us to conclude that CatMan is still a central procurement discipline – albeit different in format from when Kraljic introduced his matrix in 1983 (and 1977).   Testifying to that is Fabio Fontes, Country Procurement Head of multinational biopharma company Sanofi. Fabio, with 20 years’ experience […] The post Top 5 insights for Category Management #bestpractice  appeared first on Spend Matters.

Having outside-in intelligence and capabilities is a key enabler and value driver of any CatMan process. To support this, organizations can leverage their own teams, service providers and technology vendors.  This is where external intelligence providers play a critical role. By providing procurement teams with structured insights on pricing, risks and supplier landscapes, they enable organizations to design stronger category strategies, anticipate change and negotiate from a position of knowledge.  These specialists fall into two buckets: generalists and category-specific providers. Read the differentiators here. The post #CategoryManagement technology vendors (Part 2): Generalists, category-specific and risk intelligence solutions appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Candex and its solution for procure-to-pay (P2P).  As part of our ongoing analysis of P2P, AP automation and payment execution solutions, we examine Candex, a vendor enablement and B2B purchasing platform purpose-built to manage long-tail, one-time or difficult-to-onboard suppliers. Candex is not a traditional P2P suite or #eprocurement platform. It provides a global transactional execution layer that enables enterprises to engage suppliers without onboarding them into the ERP or managing them internally.  Functioning as a technology-powered 'master vendor' Candex sits between buyers and their suppliers, handling the operational, legal and compliance-heavy complexity of vendor engagement. It supports supplier onboarding, tax and banking validation, PO and non-PO invoicing, and payment execution across more than 50 countries, integrating flexibly with procurement and finance systems. It is particularly valuable for organizations dealing with a high volume of low-value, irregular or non-strategic vendor engagements where internal processes struggle to scale.  This Vendor Analysis provides a detailed overview of Candex’s offering, including its platform capabilities, implementation model and functional applications, and gives its competitive positioning along with customer feedback and an analyst commentary.  Here’s why Candex matters:  To the market — Candex is a global execution platform that simplifies how enterprises onboard, invoice and pay long-tail or one-time suppliers without adding them to their ERP. It acts as a compliant, easy-to-use, tech-enabled intermediary that handles supplier engagement, tax validation and local payment execution across more than 50 countries.  To potential buyers — Candex offers a fast, simple and compliant way to manage the P2P process for long-tail, one-time and or irregular suppliers without internal complexity. It reduces friction for finance and procurement teams by acting as a turnkey intermediary across onboarding, compliance, invoicing and payments around the world. The post Candex: Vendor Analysis — Procure-to-Pay solution overview, roadmap, customer feedback, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary  appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Pramata and its #contractlifecyclemanagementCLM solution. The provider offers end-to-end CLM capabilities with a focus on AI for large organizations in North America, Europe and the UK and Ireland. Pramata seeks to address common pain points around finding contracts, managing renewals, meeting/enforcing obligations and vendor consolidation. This Vendor Analysis explores Pramata’s platform, application and supporting services and provides a list of Pramata’s competitors, tech selection tips and key analyst takeaways. Here is why Pramata matters: * To the market — Pramata offers end-to-end CLM capabilities with a heavy emphasis on AI capabilities. * To potential buyers — Pramata is an ideal fit for large organizations in need of a CLM platform for managing renewals, obligations, etc. with AI. The post Pramata: Vendor Analysis — CLM solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary appeared first on Spend Matters.

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters Procurement leaders today are operating under mounting cost pressures, increasing global complexity, shifting tariffs and rapidly evolving business needs. The growing need for collaboration between different systems across the procurement landscape, departments and suppliers makes procurement #orchestration — the coordinated management of every […] The post Top 6 procurement orchestration mistakes and how to avoid them appeared first on Spend Matters.

We continue our exploration of intelligence solutions and how they assist #categorymanagement (CatMan) by examining cost intelligence, supplier intelligence and analytics solutions. As mentioned previously, a pillar ofeffective CatMan is a clear and nuanced understanding of supply markets, cost drivers and supplier dynamics that matches internal needs and expectations with external capabilities and realities. Therefore, having outside-in intelligence and capabilities is a key enabler and value driver of any CatMan process. To support this, organizations can leverage their own teams, service providers and technology vendors. This is where external intelligence providers play a critical role. By providing procurement teams with structured insights on pricing and supplier landscapes, they enable organizations to design stronger category strategies, anticipate change and negotiate from a position of knowledge. The post Category Management technology vendors (Part 3): Cost intelligence, supplier intelligence and analytics solutions appeared first on Spend Matters.

Our recent research and interviews on #categorymanagement (CatMan) have led us to conclude that CatMan is still a central procurement discipline – albeit different in format from when Kraljic introduced his matrix in 1983 (and 1977).   Testifying to that is Fabio Fontes, Country Procurement Head of multinational biopharma company Sanofi. Fabio, with 20 years’ experience […] The post Top 5 insights for Category Management #bestpractice  appeared first on Spend Matters.

Many organizations treat employee expenses as a routine administrative process. Reports are submitted, reviewed and reimbursed, and the activity appears under control. Yet finance teams still struggle with forecast variance, delayed visibility into spend and inconsistent policy adherence. The issue is not the volume of expenses, but the limited insight available before those expenses reach the books.  The new Spend […] The post Turning employee expenses into reliable financial signals  appeared first on Spend Matters.

Having outside-in intelligence and capabilities is a key enabler and value driver of any CatMan process. To support this, organizations can leverage their own teams, service providers and technology vendors.  This is where external intelligence providers play a critical role. By providing procurement teams with structured insights on pricing, risks and supplier landscapes, they enable organizations to design stronger category strategies, anticipate change and negotiate from a position of knowledge.  These specialists fall into two buckets: generalists and category-specific providers. Read the differentiators here. The post #CategoryManagement technology vendors (Part 2): Generalists, category-specific and risk intelligence solutions appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Candex and its solution for procure-to-pay (P2P).  As part of our ongoing analysis of P2P, AP automation and payment execution solutions, we examine Candex, a vendor enablement and B2B purchasing platform purpose-built to manage long-tail, one-time or difficult-to-onboard suppliers. Candex is not a traditional P2P suite or #eprocurement platform. It provides a global transactional execution layer that enables enterprises to engage suppliers without onboarding them into the ERP or managing them internally.  Functioning as a technology-powered 'master vendor' Candex sits between buyers and their suppliers, handling the operational, legal and compliance-heavy complexity of vendor engagement. It supports supplier onboarding, tax and banking validation, PO and non-PO invoicing, and payment execution across more than 50 countries, integrating flexibly with procurement and finance systems. It is particularly valuable for organizations dealing with a high volume of low-value, irregular or non-strategic vendor engagements where internal processes struggle to scale.  This Vendor Analysis provides a detailed overview of Candex’s offering, including its platform capabilities, implementation model and functional applications, and gives its competitive positioning along with customer feedback and an analyst commentary.  Here’s why Candex matters:  To the market — Candex is a global execution platform that simplifies how enterprises onboard, invoice and pay long-tail or one-time suppliers without adding them to their ERP. It acts as a compliant, easy-to-use, tech-enabled intermediary that handles supplier engagement, tax validation and local payment execution across more than 50 countries.  To potential buyers — Candex offers a fast, simple and compliant way to manage the P2P process for long-tail, one-time and or irregular suppliers without internal complexity. It reduces friction for finance and procurement teams by acting as a turnkey intermediary across onboarding, compliance, invoicing and payments around the world. The post Candex: Vendor Analysis — Procure-to-Pay solution overview, roadmap, customer feedback, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary  appeared first on Spend Matters.

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters Procurement leaders today are operating under mounting cost pressures, increasing global complexity, shifting tariffs and rapidly evolving business needs. The growing need for collaboration between different systems across the procurement landscape, departments and suppliers makes procurement #orchestration — the coordinated management of every […] The post Top 6 procurement orchestration mistakes and how to avoid them appeared first on Spend Matters.

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of ISPnext and its #sourcetopayS2P solution. In many cases, procurement professionals exploring technology need more than just software. They want a partner to bring a holistic process to address their manual routines filled with too much paperwork and manual inefficiencies.  ISPnext aims to provide a comprehensive, fully developed solution for the entire S2P lifecycle. Its solution targets companies that struggle with operational bottlenecks and management challenges. Many of ISPnext’s clients’ use cases emphasize supporting organizations in moving away from manual processes, cleaning up paper-based invoices and scaling up opportunities.  Part 1 of this vendor analysis provides a detailed overview of each module and includes an analyst summary. Part 2 examines the strengths and opportunities of the solution in detail, reviews the competitive landscape and provides selection tips. Here’s why ISPnext matters: * To the market — ISPnext is a comprehensive S2P solution with notable strengths for SME organizations in supplier management, AP Automation and contract management. * To potential buyers — ISPnext works closely with its clients to understand their specific needs and provide a comprehensive solution that is easily scalable. The post ISPnext: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Source-to-Pay overview, company background, platform and services, modules and application, roadmap and vision appeared first on Spend Matters.