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2026 Supply Chain Key Issues
AI is delivering measurable supply chain results – but few organizations are scaling impact. Learn how leaders move beyond pilots…
Digital World Class® Matrix: Collections, Disputes and Deductions Software Vendor Market Perspective: What Leaders Need to Know Now – Full Report
Access the complete 2026 Digital World Class® Matrix: Customer-to-Cash (C2C) Software Vendor Perspective – available for purchase. This full report…
Supplier Management as a Continuous Signal
Supplier management exposes the same design trade-off as earlier execution layers: platforms still treat suppliers as static records even when…
Payment Execution and Cash Discipline – From Paying Correctly to Paying
Payment execution is often treated as the mechanical conclusion of procure-to-pay (P2P). Once an invoice is approved and posted, payment…
Invoice Processing Maturity – From Automation Rates to Exception Economics
Organizations track touchless processing rates, straight-through processing percentages, cycle times and cost per invoice to gauge progress. These metrics are…
AI Agents and a Real-Life Business Use Case
Procurement has often been considered ahead of the curve in testing and implementing digital solutions to streamline operations, enforce compliance…
Intake and Guided Buying – From Structured Entry to Intent Capture
Well-executed intake converts intent into the correct execution path with minimal user effort. Poor intake forces users to understand and…
Catalogs as an Execution Layer – From Static Content to Operational Leverage
Catalogs are often treated as a front-end convenience feature in procure-to-pay (P2P), discussed primarily in terms of user experience, item…
What ‘Good’ Looks Like in Modern Procure-to-Pay Execution – New Series
Future-state visions, such as AI-native platforms, autonomous processes and intelligent agents, often dominate procure-to-pay (P2P) discussions. While those conversations have…
The Future 5 Procurement Provider Start-Ups for 2025–2026
Alongside the annual release of the 50 to Know, 50 to Watch and Hall of Fame procurement provider lists, our…
From Watch to Know 2025-2026 – How Graphite Connect Made the Transition
Each year, some of the solution providers named on the 50 To Watch list (i.e., relatively new providers to the…
Revealing the ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ Start-Ups and ‘Hall of Fame’ Procurement Provider Lists for 2025-2026
Each year, our analysts, rigorously assess the capabilities of procurement technology solutions across market sectors to arrive at a list…