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GEP helps global enterprises operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability, and maximize business and shareholder value.
Focal Point is an intake-to-outcome SaaS solution that aggregates data across existing and disparate ERP & S2P solutions into one real-time command dashboard. Our software allows organizations to maximize the value of every dollar spent on third parties while ensuring the safety and security of transactions. Experience increased visibility and control across intake & approvals, sourcing project management, procurement process control, spend under management and real-time savings tracking. With real-time reporting and automatic project stakeholder management, procurement leaders can spend more time maximizing organizational benefits beyond just cost savings. Founded, designed, and developed by seasoned CPOs and practitioners to improve the lives of CPOs and practitioners.
Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. Their complete, unified platform empowers businesses to effectively manage all categories of spend and all suppliers, increasing profitability, lowering risk, and improving ESG performance. They are committed to a sustainable future as a company and through their platform. Their Environmental Impact Center (EIC) enables organisations establish a GHG emission baseline and they collaborate with their suppliers to lower emissions, reducing the environmental and social impact of their spend. They are trusted by hundreds of the world’s most admired brands and recognised as a global leader by renowned industry analysts
SAP Procurement Solutions includes SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and SAP S/4HANA-based offerings for operational procurement, delivering a comprehensive suite for goods and services procurement and external workforce management. SAP Ariba solutions provide collaborative commerce capabilities from sourcing and orders through invoice and payment along with expertise to help customers optimize their spend. The solutions drive simple, intelligent exchanges between millions of buyers and suppliers across both direct and indirect expense categories. To learn more visit www.ariba.com. Please read our privacy statement to learn how your personal data will be processed.
WNS Procurement is a market leader in procurement and supply chain advisory, intelligence and analytics, managed services and digital transformation. It has the combined market differentiation of Denali, The Smart Cube and OptiBuy.
Procurement teams of the Global 2000 across industries partner with WNS Procurement to become the top value creator in their business by implementing transformational operating models that are category-driven, insights-led and digitally enabled.
We meet our clients where they are: assess, co-create and operate their end-to-end procurement ecosystem by implementing fully customized, next-generation operating models.
Our solutions are powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Intelligence (HI) – combining expert resources with leading digital technologies to help Procurement drive greater stakeholder value.
HICX helps Global 5000 companies to take control of their supplier data and to deliver a great supplier experience. The HICX Supplier Experience Platform enables businesses with thousands of suppliers to efficiently on-board and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of all suppliers, to achieve a single version of truth for all supplier data, and to remove the friction from supplier relationships. Some of the world’s largest companies trust HICX for the management of their supplier data, these include Unilever, Mondelez, Mars, Lenovo, Baker Hughes, Orkla, BAE Systems and EDF Energy.
HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations, connecting clients to global opportunities since 1865. HSBC USA Inc. offers a full range of traditional banking products and services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, small businesses, corporations, institutions, and governments. We serve customers from offices and branches in cities across the United States including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
SpendHQ is the leading best-in-class provider of enterprise Spend Intelligence software, and following its 2022 merger with Per Angusta, adds a centralized platform for Procurement Performance Management to connect strategic goals to operational sourcing execution. Backed by nearly 20 years of procurement expertise and a combined experience delivering to 450+ customers, SpendHQ’s solutions give businesses the rapid, accurate, and actionable spend insights and performance optimization they need to drive better outcomes and advance their organizational maturity. Learn more at www.spendhq.com
Zycus, recognized by Gartner and Forrester as a leader in procurement technology, empowers teams to unlock deep value through its comprehensive Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions. At the heart of our S2P solution is the Merlin AI Agentic Platform, which orchestrates intelligent AI agents to deliver simplified, efficient, and compliant processes.
The Merlin Intake Agent offers business users unparalleled ease of use, increasing adoption rates and significantly reducing non-compliant spending. For procurement teams, Merlin Autonomous Negotiation Agent handles tail spend autonomously, securing additional savings, Merlin Contract Agent helps draft compliant contracts and reduces risks by actively monitoring them, and the Merlin AP Agent further enhances efficiency by automating invoice processing with exceptional speed and accuracy.
With the flexibility and autonomy of Merlin AI agents, teams can seamlessly guide workflows or delegate routine tasks for autonomous execution. Uncover the full depth of value and achieve procurement excellence with Zycus’ AI-powered S2P solutions.
Jabil is one of the world’s largest supply chain, design and manufacturing solution providers, with over 250,000 employees across 100 locations in 30 countries. Our 2,000+ procurement, supply chain and logistics practitioners support our 450+ manufacturing customers every day and now you can take advantage of the expertise, experience, tools, and supply chain intelligence through Jabil’s Supply Chain Services. Backed by the leverage and relationships gained from Jabil’s $29 billion annual purchasing spend and our global network of 36,000 suppliers, we deliver advantages in secure supply, partner relationship management, cost-saving and avoidance opportunities, and on-time delivery.
The world’s best supply chains run on Everstream Analytics. Through the application of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to its vast proprietary dataset, Everstream delivers the predictive insights and risk analytics businesses need for a smarter, more autonomous and sustainable supply chain. Everstream’s proven solution integrates with procurement, logistics and business continuity platforms generating the complete information, sharper analysis, and accurate predictions required to turn the supply chain into a business asset.
Jabil is one of the world’s largest supply chain, design and manufacturing solution providers, with over 250,000 employees across 100 locations in 30 countries. Our 2,000+ procurement, supply chain and logistics practitioners support our 450+ manufacturing customers every day and now you can take advantage of the expertise, experience, tools, and supply chain intelligence through Jabil’s Supply Chain Services. Backed by the leverage and relationships gained from Jabil’s $29 billion annual purchasing spend and our global network of 36,000 suppliers, we deliver advantages in secure supply, partner relationship management, cost-saving and avoidance opportunities, and on-time delivery.
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 721,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.
Amazon Business helps millions of customers worldwide—from small businesses, schools, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and government agencies, to large enterprises with global operations—reshape their procurement with cost and time-savings, greater productivity, and insightful purchasing analytics. For more information, visit www.business.amazon.com.
SAP Procurement Solutions includes SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and SAP S/4HANA-based offerings for operational procurement, delivering a comprehensive suite for goods and services procurement and external workforce management. SAP Ariba solutions provide collaborative commerce capabilities from sourcing and orders through invoice and payment along with expertise to help customers optimize their spend. The solutions drive simple, intelligent exchanges between millions of buyers and suppliers across both direct and indirect expense categories. To learn more visit www.ariba.com. Please read our privacy statement to learn how your personal data will be processed.
Jabil is one of the world’s largest supply chain, design and manufacturing solution providers, with over 250,000 employees across 100 locations in 30 countries. Our 2,000+ procurement, supply chain and logistics practitioners support our 450+ manufacturing customers every day and now you can take advantage of the expertise, experience, tools, and supply chain intelligence through Jabil’s Supply Chain Services. Backed by the leverage and relationships gained from Jabil’s $29 billion annual purchasing spend and our global network of 36,000 suppliers, we deliver advantages in secure supply, partner relationship management, cost-saving and avoidance opportunities, and on-time delivery.
EcoVadis is a purpose-led company whose mission is to provide the world’s most trusted business sustainability ratings. Its actionable scorecards, benchmarks, carbon action tools, and insights guide the journey for sustainable procurement, environmental, social, and ethical practices to companies across 200 industry categories and 175 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Unilever, LVMH, Bridgestone, BASF, and JPMorgan are among the 100,000 businesses collaborating with EcoVadis to drive resilience, sustainable growth, and positive impact worldwide. Learn more on ecovadis.com, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. Their complete, unified platform empowers businesses to effectively manage all categories of spend and all suppliers, increasing profitability, lowering risk, and improving ESG performance. They are committed to a sustainable future as a company and through their platform. Their Environmental Impact Center (EIC) enables organisations establish a GHG emission baseline and they collaborate with their suppliers to lower emissions, reducing the environmental and social impact of their spend. They are trusted by hundreds of the world’s most admired brands and recognised as a global leader by renowned industry analysts
SAP Procurement Solutions includes SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and SAP S/4HANA-based offerings for operational procurement, delivering a comprehensive suite for goods and services procurement and external workforce management. SAP Ariba solutions provide collaborative commerce capabilities from sourcing and orders through invoice and payment along with expertise to help customers optimize their spend. The solutions drive simple, intelligent exchanges between millions of buyers and suppliers across both direct and indirect expense categories. To learn more visit www.ariba.com. Please read our privacy statement to learn how your personal data will be processed.
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 721,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.
Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. Their complete, unified platform empowers businesses to effectively manage all categories of spend and all suppliers, increasing profitability, lowering risk, and improving ESG performance. They are committed to a sustainable future as a company and through their platform. Their Environmental Impact Center (EIC) enables organisations establish a GHG emission baseline and they collaborate with their suppliers to lower emissions, reducing the environmental and social impact of their spend. They are trusted by hundreds of the world’s most admired brands and recognised as a global leader by renowned industry analysts
HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations, connecting clients to global opportunities since 1865. HSBC USA Inc. offers a full range of traditional banking products and services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, small businesses, corporations, institutions, and governments. We serve customers from offices and branches in cities across the United States including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
Benteler Trading International (BTI) is a global leader in off-balance sheet solutions for large corporates reporting under US GAAP and IFRS. BTI is industry agnostic and can take legal title to raw material, WIP or finished goods to allow clients to improve working capital metrics. Using bespoke structures and legal frameworks coupled with a strong SAP based IT platform that facilitates a large degree of automation, BTI transforms physical supply chains into fundable financial instruments. BTI was spun out of the family owned Benteler International, a 145-year old Tier 1 auto supplier and steel distributor with EUR 9bn of annual revenue.
Efficio provides its services on the basis of and subject to an engagement letter setting out the terms of the engagement, including Efficio’s general terms & conditions viewable Here (together ‘Terms of Engagement’). Efficio takes precautions to check files for known viruses but accepts no responsibility once an e-mail and any attachments leave us. By opening this email or its attachments, you accept liability for any damage that may be caused to your computer hardware, software or data.
Graphite Connect is a supplier management platform that simplifies, automates, and accelerates the supplier onboarding process. Within the Graphite network, suppliers maintain one shareable profile containing commercial data, documents, and due diligence information. Graphite validates these profiles, automatically scores the risk of each supplier, and integrates with third-party data sources for a holistic risk review. Additionally, custom automated workflows, contract and document management, translation, and in-app communication create one centralized location for procurement to collaborate with suppliers and cross-department stakeholders. This single source of clean, accurate data integrates seamlessly with ERPs and other systems. Do business in minutes, not months.
Sievo gives procurement, finance and leadership teams a single source of truth and transparency to all sourcing decisions. Our solution supports choosing the right suppliers, delivering savings and managing compliance with confidence. Not only that, we enable a sustainable, diverse and resilient supply base.We master the art of extracting, classifying and enriching data across all procurement systems and external data sources, saving your valuable time. Furthermore, we bridge the data-to-action gap and power agile procurement by combining AI with procurement expertise. Procurement organizations need an analytics partner they can trust. We’re large enough to deliver, small enough to care.
Transforming spend data into opportunity
Spendscape by McKinsey is a Software as a Service (SaaS) analytics platform that gives you a comprehensive understanding of your procurement spend—with insights that lead to better decisions, more innovation, and growth. Backed by McKinsey’s leading deep expertise, Spendscape technology empowers you to shape critical procurement decisions from category strategy and supplier relationships to carbon tracking. Our software turns your procurement data into opportunities, creating lasting impact not just across operations, but across the entire organization.
We are on a mission to use our 40+ years of collective procurement tech experience to make things faster, better for all users and groups. We believe modern companies need agility and speed in procurement and supply chain. This will not only help companies achieve compliance but can have a direct impact on business.
American Express is a global services company, providing customers with access to products, insights, and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. These include a range of innovative and flexible working capital solutions to help businesses supercharge their cashflow, enjoy access to flexible payment options and maintain great relationships with suppliers and customers.
Discover Dollar specializes in achieving cost-saving, bottom-line improvement, and cash flow optimization through recovery audit and process optimization, leveraging AI and cutting-edge technologies. Our focus areas include procurement, accounting, shared services, global business services, and the Office of the CFO.
We have successfully delivered multi-million dollar impact with a minimum 4x ROI for Fortune 500 companies like Target, 7-Eleven, Lowe’s, Canadian Tire, Metro C&C, ABInbev, Saks 5th Avenue, Advance Auto Parts, Neiman Marcus, CRH, and more. We bring expertise across diverse industries such as Retail, Food and beverage, Building Materials, Automotive, Hardware, Consumer Durable, and Healthcare.
Fairmarkit is an autonomous sourcing platform that equips procurement teams with AI, GenAI and automation so they can source more competitively at scale. It integrates with ERP and P2P systems to automate source-to-award workflows and help you manage 10x more events, realize over 11% cost-savings across categories, and reduce cycle times by over 40%. Fairmarkit’s AI and GenAI capabilities bridge the gap between procurement and their stakeholders by streamlining demand intake for business users, automating RFx creation, and optimizing supplier selection for each event. Whether implemented for tail spend or strategic sourcing, Fairmarkit helps procurement teams at companies like Boeing, bp, SDI, Vera Bradley, and Snowflake do more with less everyday.
GEP helps global enterprises operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability, and maximize business and shareholder value.
Zip is the world’s only intake-to-pay platform. Providing a single platform for any employee to initiate and complete a purchase or vendor request, Zip helps businesses gain clear and timely visibility across all business spend, while dramatically improving the employee experience. The platform’s no-code configuration and intelligent workflows integrated across disparate systems enable businesses to automatically route requests for faster approval across finance, legal, procurement, IT, security and other teams. Zip consolidates all the steps and tools used across the purchasing lifecycle in one platform. Leading enterprises and high-growth startups like Northwestern Mutual, Snowflake, Canva, Airtable, Webflow, Databricks and over 200 others use Zip to streamline their procurement processes while delighting their business users.
We are on a mission to use our 40+ years of collective procurement tech experience to make things faster, better for all users and groups. We believe modern companies need agility and speed in procurement and supply chain. This will not only help companies achieve compliance but can have a direct impact on business.