The importance of CPOs Leveraging Technology

As the role of the CPO continues to evolve, there are common challenges each face, regardless of what industry they may be a part of and in many cases, their scale. Being the chief spend management officer for a company can be daunting unless there is an...

How easy is SAP Ariba and S/4HANA integration?

Even if your company has an established SAP ERP or S/4HANA environment, you may look to SAP Ariba to accelerate the efficiency of your procurement function. SAP Ariba’s powerful features allowenterprises to transform procurement from a source of cost and risk, into an...

Choosing a Deployment Partner

Being in the market for a comprehensive spend management solution, Procurement and Sourcing heads work with colleagues in IT and Finance to consider a relatively short list of viable options. What often times gets hidden is the implementation details, an equally...

Total Spend Management: The Supplier Network

In the quest for a consumer grade user experience and the battle for the hearts and minds of your buyers, something is often overlooked. The supplier network is often relegated to a piece of the architecture, an annoying cost on the Bill of Materials that detracts...

What is procure to pay (P2P) software?

Procure-to-pay is a major part of our work at ExceleratedS2P. We help our clients optimize their procure-to-pay processes, using the most powerful enterprise solutions, including SAP and SAP Ariba. But what exactly is procure-to-pay software? The term procure-to-pay...

How can procurement brace for Brexit?

What will happen on 29 March 2019? Will the ports grind to a halt? Or will life and commerce continue as normal, unaffected by the UK’s departure from the European Union? At this stage, in August 2018, it’s difficult to predict whether the UK will glide away from the...