{"id":29360,"date":"2018-03-20T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/?p=29360"},"modified":"2022-02-24T04:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T09:39:18","slug":"why-has-simfoni-been-nominated-for-a-best-procurement-technology-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/procurement-technology\/why-has-simfoni-been-nominated-for-a-best-procurement-technology-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Simfoni been nominated for a Best Procurement Technology Award?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The finalists for the World <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Procurement<\/strong><\/a> Awards 2018 were released this week and we are pleased to announce that Simfoni &ndash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/spend-analytics\/what-is-spend-analytics-why-and-how-it-is-implemented\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"24\" title=\"Spend Analytics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spend analytics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/tail-spend-management-guide\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"11\" title=\"Tail Spend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">tail <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend management<\/span><\/span><\/a> specialist &ndash; has been nominated in the category <strong>&ldquo;Best New <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/procurement\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Procurement<\/a> Technology&rdquo;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Simfoni has been shortlisted in the category &ldquo;Best New Procurement Technology&rdquo; for its submission relating to Vitesse &ndash; the market-leading innovative <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">tail <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend management<\/span><\/span> solution. Tail (or non-core) <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend management<\/span> is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting areas of procurement focus in recent years as advances in new technology &ndash; such as <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">robotic process automation (RPA)<\/span> improve organizations&rsquo; effectiveness in tackling this difficult to manage the area.<\/p>\n<p>Simfoni recognized a gap in the market for a solution to manage spend that lies between strategic and catalog spend. This &ldquo;<span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">tail spend<\/span>&rdquo; is not well served by current solutions, and is notoriously difficult to manage.<\/p>\n<p>When procurement tackle tail with a <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/sourcing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">strategic sourcing<\/span><\/strong><\/a> approach, they find that it drags <span class=\"\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>buyer<\/span>s away from strategic spend. The alternative is to devolve responsibility to the user, which speeds up the process but generates an even longer tail of one-time vendors, which is expensive to manage, but importantly, spend is not leveraged and competed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Tail spend<\/span> represents an opportunity goldmine. When you add spot buy purchases to tactical spend, plus low-value adhoc spend, then you realise why tail represents 30% &ndash; 40% of spend for some organisations, yet it often flies under the radar due to its nuisance factor.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:- <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/ai-in-procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AI in Procurement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vitesse stands for Vendor Integrated, Tail-End Spend <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/sourcing\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Sourcing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sourcing<\/a> Engine and is a purpose-built platform for <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Tail Spend<\/span> that automates rapid sourcing activity. Vitesse includes tactical buying software with pre-installed vendor content customised by category and region, with a database of 1m+ deals for frequently requested items.<\/p>\n<p>Deployment leads to a) Significant reduction in purchase cost, b) Reduction in process and management costs, c) Reduction in vendor management costs, and d) Improved compliance and <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend visibility<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Vitesse is available as an On-Demand platform, which is how mid-sized organisations deploy the service, with minimal, or zero systems integration and an immediate ROI on day one of usage. Vitesse is also offered as a mobile app enabling users to raise requests on the go and add images using their smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise clients with existing ERP\/<a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/procure-to-pay\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"25\" title=\"Procure to Pay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P2P<\/a> functionality deploy Vitesse as a punchout when the item or service is not found in their existing catalogs.<\/p>\n<p>Simfoni&rsquo;s Vitesse <a href=\"https:\/\/simfoni.com\/tail-spend-management-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Tail Spend<\/span><\/strong><\/a> solution is a purpose-built platform blending buying automation software, vendor &amp; pricing content and category expertise to help organizations to reduce non-core expenditure, reduce the management cost, speed up the user experience, increase transparency and reduce vendor risk.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us today to know more about how Simfoni&rsquo;s technology and processes can help you in <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">tail <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend management<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The finalists for the World Procurement Awards 2018 were released this week and we are pleased to announce that Simfoni &ndash; the spend analytics and <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">tail <span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\"><span class=\"\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spend management<\/span><\/span><\/span> specialist &ndash; has been nominated in the category &ldquo;Best New Procurement Technology&rdquo;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2529,439,1],"tags":[472,471,469,474,470,473,475,463],"class_list":["post-29360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events","category-procurement-technology","category-spend-analysis","tag-contract-analytics","tag-contract-management","tag-procurement-analytics","tag-procurement-analytics-software","tag-procurement-cost-reduction","tag-procurement-savings","tag-procurement-software","tag-procurement-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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