Event – eWorld Procurement & Supply
September 19, 2019Come and visit us at eWorld in London 24th September, De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms. We will be demonstrating Simfoni’s new Sourceforce product; Savings tracking, Project Management, and Procurement Knowledge and document storage. New End to end Procurement Management technology....
Big Savings in Small Spend — Tales from the Tail
July 1, 2019In the world of strategic sourcing, realizing 5 to 8% savings is considered to be impressive. After all, these are the high-spend categories and are supposedly already well-managed and frequently revisited for improvement opportunities. In contrast, when our clients work...
Mid-Market Procurement — The Pitfalls of Current Approaches
July 1, 2019Mid-market companies are at a significant disadvantage when compared to larger corporations — a key finding from Simfoni’s analysis of its customers’ procurement and savings delivery capabilities in mid-market companies. It’s OK to obsess about top-line growth, but what lies beneath...
How To Do Spend Analysis? – The Ultimate Guide
April 8, 2019How to do Spend Analysis Guide by Simfoni will help you reduce expenses and provide savings delivery in the long term by helping you identify all the sources available for your spend data by category and department. The Guide also...
Simfoni Named a 2019 Spend Matters Provider to Watch
April 8, 2019The recognition highlights the innovation Simfoni has been able to bring to the procurement space. Vitesse and Sourceforce, underpinned by Virtuosi are category-defining products, loved by its users for the efficiency and cost improvement it brings.
Simfoni is recognized for the second time at World Procurement Awards in “Best New Procurement Technology” category.
March 25, 2019Procurement Leaders have announced the finalists for the World Procurement Awards 2019 and Simfoni has been listed for the second time as the best new procurement technology in the "Procurement Technology" Category.
What is Spend Management? Why and How it is Implemented?
February 7, 2019What is Spend Management? Why and How it is Implemented? Spend management means managing organization expenditure through processes starting Demand Identification and Spend Analysis to Sourcing and Order Management, for both direct and indirect spend categories. A robust Spend Management...
What is Spend Analytics? Why and how it is implemented?
February 7, 2019What is Spend Analytics? Spend Analytics is the discipline of collecting, processing, and analyzing procurement data. Spend analysis uncovers business buying patterns through an in-depth review of procurement data. Organizations use these to manage their suppliers, to track procurement performance,...
What is Predictive Analytics in Procurement? Why and how it is implemented?
February 6, 2019What is Predictive Analytics in Procurement? Predictive Analytics in Procurement refers to the use of available spend, catalog, supplier, and materials data in order to perform analysis that determines patterns and predicts future outcomes and trends. Predictive analysis is comparatively...
What Exactly Is in the Tail Spend?
January 29, 2019At a headline level, I think most procurement folks are now familiar with the concept of tail spend: the low-value spend items that are non-core but still essential to the smooth operation of an organization.
The 4C Approach That Can Improve Your Spend Analysis
December 2, 2018Spend analysis is the procurement strategy process of reviewing current and historical expenses. The aim of this strategy is to reduce costs, improve strategic procurement, and increase the efficiency of spending management. Spend analysis requires spending data processed into KPIs and...
How spend analysis services can improve procurement
December 2, 2018The company’s procurement strategy must contain spend analysis. A robust and strong spend analysis is vital for successful procurement in the organization. A matter of concern here is whether the company gains maximum benefits as a result of its current...
We’ve been at this for a long time. And we recognize procurement is more than just finding an item at the cheapest price. We all need to see spend differently. Responsible sourcing and sustainable procurement are not a sidebar, they are at the core of the job. And to do this job well it takes technology + humans. Simfoni is here to bring opportunity, balance, impact and control to your procurement team and process. We are here to help you see spend differently.