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Pixabay Despite popular belief, or what people might think, the Covid pandemic was not the biggest source of disruption for supply chains in 2020, according to the latest Annual Supply Chain Risk Report released this week by supply chain data monitoring, mitigation and risk analytics solutions provider Resilinc. Man-made events dominated disruption in 2020, accounting for 83% of disruptions. The two greatest disruptors of supply last year were factory fires, and mergers and acquisitions. Factory fires were up 67% year-over-year (YoY). Naturally some fires are more destructive than o...

Pixabay Next month, on Thursday May 13, Spend Matters will host a webinar (more information here) with multinational professional services organization Deloitte and global business spend management solutions provider Coupa on three critical issues that procurement leaders are grappling with right now: Value generation and improved supply chain resiliency in the face of unheralded complexity Improving process agility to stay tightly aligned with stakeholders and suppliers Leveraging next-generation operating models and platforms that harness talent and intelligence You are probably w...

Spend Matters and CIPS Offense and defense aren’t just terms relevant to sports. Business organizations are also looking for strong offense and defense in their supply chains, according to Gary S. Lynch, the CEO and Founder of The Risk Project. Although this type of offense and defense is related to cost and value rather than a baseball situation, like the number of runners on base. This shift in mindset is one example of the ways organizations have placed a higher priority on supply chain risk management in the last year or so, Lynch said. Last week, Lynch was a guest on Spend Fr...

Adobe Stock Routable, a B2B payments solution provider, secured a $30 million round of funding from a slew of high-profile investors, according to the website TechCrunch. This latest round of funding comes eight months after its last $12 million round. Routable aims to automate bill payment and invoicing processes so businesses can scale core product offerings without worrying about payments. Since its August 2020 investment, the company has seen its revenue grow by 380% and tripled its new monthly customers, TechCrunch reported. Unlike most investments, Routable’s round of fundin...

Adobe Stock As companies look to overcome the recent Covid disruptions, contract resiliency has come to the forefront of the supply chain. Because of that, Icertis and Spend Matters are joining forces to host a webinar titled “Pivoting post-pandemic: Redesigning your supply chain and contract playbook for resiliency and flexibility.” Pierre Mitchell, Chief Research Officer of Spend Matters, will join World Commerce and Contracting's CEO for the APAC region, Bruce Everett, and Icertis' Bernadette Bulacan, Vice President and Lead Evangelist. They will explore industry trends, disc...