Abigail Ommen

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People, Process, Technology and Data - Spend Matters

2 months ago | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

In our last article, we discussed the importance of cleaning your data before you start your digital transformation journey. While that sounds great in theory, it is much harder in practice due to two simple reasons: people and process. As the famous adage goes, people, processes and technology go hand-in-hand. It is impossible to consider one without the others. This is the same for data.
Data’s role in digital transformation

2 months ago | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

Data is the starting point because you have to understand the ‘current state’ of your organization before finding opportunities. For example, you may want to consolidate your supplier list; to do so effectively, you must fully understand the list’s current state. If the same company is listed as ten separate accounts due to spelling mistakes, additions like Inc. or disparate addresses, you cannot effectively consolidate.
Intellyse: Vendor Analysis — Logistics and Contract Negotiation solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

Mar 17, 2025 | spendmatters.com | Mia Klein |Abigail Ommen

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Intellyse and its solution for logistics and contract negotiation. Many organizations struggle to find the time and resources needed to thoroughly analyze the contract offers they receive. Contracts often come in various formats, each with its own set of complex stipulations. In logistics, companies are often responsible for processing hundreds, or even thousands, of payments daily to keep operations running smoothly.
Spendkey: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) - Spend analytics solution overview, company background, platform and services overview, modules and application overview, roadmap and vision - Spend Matters

Mar 10, 2025 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

This analysis contains excerpts from a previously published piece authored by Michael Lamoreaux. This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Spendkey and its solution for spend analytics. In today's competitive business landscape, procurement departments face constant pressure to optimize costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services. Spend analytics solutions are one of the most powerful tool types for this.
Spendkey: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) - Spend analytics product-level strengths and opportunities, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary - Spend Matters

Mar 10, 2025 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

Part 2 of this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis focuses on the strengths and opportunities of Spendkey’s spend analytics solution. It also looks at elements to consider when looking at Spendkey as a potential solution provider. Part 1 provides an overview of Spendkey’s spend analytics solution and the company’s roadmap/vision.
Samification by The Classification Guru: Vendor Analysis - Supplier normalization solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

Feb 17, 2025 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of Samification by The Classification Guru (TCG) and its solution for supplier normalization. Dirty data is a problem that everyone is familiar with. Whether it is messy supplier or spend data or files nested in random Google Drives and Excel files, every company can identify a data source they’d like to have cleaned.
Zip: Vendor Analysis — Intake and Orchestration, S2P solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

Jan 7, 2025 | spendmatters.com | Bertrand Maltaverne |Nikhil Gaur |Abigail Ommen |Xavier Olivera

This analysis contains excerpts from a piece previously written by Bertrand Maltaverne. This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Zip and its solution for intake, orchestration and source to pay (S2P). As procurement becomes increasingly strategic and digital, intake and orchestration processes require intricate coordination across various departments, tools and data sources.
How spend analytics solutions support risk management

Nov 26, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

Spend analytics vendors do what their name implies: they derive insights from spend data. However, that is not all they are capable of doing. Many spend analytics vendors apply that analytical expertise elsewhere, such as contracts, carbon emissions or supplier performance. This results in analytical data not just for those areas but also dashboards and opportunities that use hybrid data (spend + another factor) to help determine KPIs and enterprise goals.
SpendHQ: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) - Spend analytics solution overview, company background, platform and services overview, modules and application overview, roadmap and vision - Spend Matters

Nov 25, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of SpendHQ and its solution for spend analytics and procurement performance management. Part 1 of this vendor analysis provides a detailed overview of each module and includes an analyst summary. In part 2 of this series, we will provide more details on the strengths and opportunities of the solution, review the competitive landscape and provide selection considerations.
SpendHQ: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) - Spend analytics product-level strengths and opportunities, voice of the customer, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary - Spend Matters

Nov 25, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Abigail Ommen

Part 2 of this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis focuses on the strengths and opportunities of SpendHQ’s spend analytics solution. We will also look at the voice of the customer and the elements to consider when looking at SpendHQ as a potential solution provider. Part 1 of the series provided a history and overview of SpendHQ’s spend analytics solution as well as the solution’s roadmap/vision.

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Abigail Ommen

Articles

People, Process, Technology and Data - Spend Matters

Data’s role in digital transformation

Intellyse: Vendor Analysis — Logistics and Contract Negotiation solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

Spendkey: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) - Spend analytics solution overview, company background, platform and services overview, modules and application overview, roadmap and vision - Spend Matters

Spendkey: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) - Spend analytics product-level strengths and opportunities, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary - Spend Matters

Samification by The Classification Guru: Vendor Analysis - Supplier normalization solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

Zip: Vendor Analysis — Intake and Orchestration, S2P solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary - Spend Matters

How spend analytics solutions support risk management

SpendHQ: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) - Spend analytics solution overview, company background, platform and services overview, modules and application overview, roadmap and vision - Spend Matters

SpendHQ: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) - Spend analytics product-level strengths and opportunities, voice of the customer, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary - Spend Matters

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