Nikhil Gaur

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.

Dec 4, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Nikhil Gaur

Contract lifecycle management (CLM) providers may be best known for their repositories, clause libraries, obligation management features and authoring. However, risk is a major element of the contract lifecycle. Whether this is due to a contract being written on third-party paper or a particular redline/edit that does not align with the company’s playbook, CLM solutions use both internal and external tools to assess risks. Here, we explore the overlap of these types of solutions.

Dec 4, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Nikhil Gaur

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Docusign and its enterprise contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution. The provider offers end-to-end CLM capabilities and has also recently released a new product, Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM), to better serve contract management use cases for other functions such as sales and finance. Docusign focuses on configurability, ease of use and integrations with complementary systems.

Oct 28, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Bertrand Maltaverne |Nikhil Gaur |Xavier Olivera |Abigail Ommen

Procurement activities and tasks are operational, tactical and strategic. Therefore, depending on the technology used and the processes digitized, the impact of technology can be divided into automation and augmentation, with augmentation being more 'autogmentation' [/aw-tog-men-tay-shun/] as we call it.

Oct 4, 2024 | spendmatters.com | Nikhil Gaur |Pierre Mitchell

On September 25, Zip hosted its second annual ‘Zip Forward‘ Conference in San Francisco, California. Headlined “forging paths to sustainable success,” the event attracted roughly 400 live attendees and featured Zip’s new branding and the announcement of new features. Zip also hosted panels, Q&A sessions and more with various procurement and finance leaders from Prudential, Pixar, Arm, Coinbase and others.