Many procurement departments are still using traditional manual processes or outdated technology. The result? Rogue spending, missed discounts from supplier contract pricing, reconciliation headaches, and the list goes on. These business risks are driving more organizations towards the cloud-based, secure, and workflow-friendly world of eProcurement solutions. These solutions are saving money and resources, improving use of budgets and personnel, enabling centralization, and using data to improve and streamline end-to-end purchasing processes. Download this report to learn about: Procurement trends from 400 organizations surveyed Operational and cost-savings benefits of eProcurement Leading features and functionality in eProcurement Adoption best practices and how to get started

Read Forrester's 70-criteria evaluation of eProcurement solutions, we found that Ariba and Basware led the pack because of their superior user experience and wider supplier enablement capability.

Determine stands out when it comes to eprocurement configurability, customer value and deployment speed.

Determine stands out when it comes to eprocurement configurability, customer value and deployment speed.

Forrester Research evaluated the 11 most significant eProcurement providers against over 60 different criteria. This report details their findings about how well each vendor fulfills the criteria and where they stand in relation to each other. Sourcing and vendor management professionals can use this report to select the right partner for their procure-to-pay (P2P) projects.

Modern eProcurement solutions promise greater efficiency through improved AP integration, tighter controls, standardized processes, and supplier connectivity. This Paystream Advisors survey report focuses on current attitudes toward eProcurement solutions, how they're being used, and why (and how) that usage is changing. The report also includes an overview of eProcurement capabilities, best practices, and selection criteria.

For mid-size and larger organizations, it's critical to have efficient eProcurement and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions that work closely with their installed financial structure (most likely ERP systems, like those from Oracle and SAP). This report provides guidance not only around the technical steps involved in integrations, but also the human and organizational readiness required to make cloud P2P and ERP integration a success - along with a real-life implementation case study.

If the go-go 1990s, with its fast money and flush credit seeking rapid and steep returns, created the demand for "renaissance" Chief Financial Officers ("CFO"), who could manage (and market) both the strategic and financial operations of the enterprise, the more sobering decade that followed led directly to the creation and subsequent rise of the Chief Procurement Officer ("CPO"), who could reduce costs, build internal relationships, and develop strategic suppliers efficiently and effectively.

In today's highly-competitive markets, more and more procurement and sourcing professionals are looking to streamline processes and drive superior performance. In the quest for higher savings, more spend under management and increased compliance, sourcing executives must turn to their own repository of spend data to effectively identify opportunities for savings and gain a deeper understanding of their corporate spend.

The global recession is taking no prisoners. Neither industry, nor region, nor company-size has provided shelter from its impact. Within the enterprise, few business functions have been unaffected. Yet, as this business downturn continues, the Chief Procurement Officer's ("CPO") agenda and the CEO's agenda have started to converge.

The strategic sourcing group has faced myriad challenges over the last two decades, including a fluctuating economy and increased expectations to bolster the enterprise bottom-line. However, the last few years have brought about a new, complex challenge: continue to drive procurement performance while finding fresh cost savings within other areas of corporate spending.

Spend analysis has gradually become the top process in the procurement executive's toolbox, placing itself in the top tier of functionalities alongside e-sourcing, e-procurement and strategic sourcing solutions.

Spend Matters research has long considered Hackett Group metrics to be the gold standard of P2P benchmarking. As part of the collaboration for the research for this report, Hackett agreed to share with Spend Matters some of the findings from its latest P2P benchmarks.

Spend Matters has long argued that spend visibility and contract management have always been two sides of the same coin. Companies can leverage an integrated spend analysis, contract management and P2P solution set to institute real-time controls to validate a number of possible spend variables.

Whether you’re looking to make your first eProcurement purchase or expanding technology usage across the full range of spend management process, the Forrester Wave: eProcurement Report identifies leading eProcurement solutions.

Many companies think of their accounts payable (AP) department as a transactional function—it’s essential to your operation, but too often it’s weighed down with people-heavy paper processes. If your AP department is focused on data entry and resolving escalations, you’re missing a valuable business opportunity.

This paper draws upon recent discussions with dozens of companies that are exploring outsourcing services. Jason Gilroy and colleagues draw upon their years of procurement expertise to provide answers to common questions surrounding the outsourcing of procurement services.

This white paper examines how companies are successfully realizing benefits from their procurement initiatives and are viewing procurement as an integral part of their overall corporate strategy. They no longer perceive procurement as a cost center, but rather as a strategic lever for improving profits or funding new initiatives.

This paper uncovers the elusive steps that many companies miss when implementing e-Procurement. Establishing a successful e-Procurement solution that will drive a measurable and compelling return on investment requires a comprehensive, results-focused approach.

This paper introduces the Procurement Services Provider model and how it can help companies significantly reduce procurement costs for greater bottom line value. The paper published by the Aberdeen Group speaks about the value a PSP can bring to an organization and it showcases ICG Commerce as a pioneer for this new service offering.