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Read the latest thinking and insights from Suplari on procurement, data, and AI.

2026 Procurement Benchmarks: AI Readiness, KPIs & Adoption Data from 121 Teams

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Vendor Spending Visibility: How to See Every Dollar to Every Supplier

A practical guide to vendor spending visibility solutions: what to expect, what to ignore, and how AI-native platforms turn fragmented supplier-level data into a continuous, actionable view of where every dollar is going.

Source-to-Pay Analytics: The Advantages of Looking Beyond Your Suite

Source-to-pay suites promise unified analytics. In practice, most enterprise procurement teams discover the suite-native reporting layer is the weakest part of the stack. Here's why, and what to do about it.

10 Key Spend Intelligence Use Cases: Where AI-Native Procurement Actually Pays Off

Spend intelligence isn't a dashboard refresh — it's a different operating model. Here are the use cases enterprise procurement teams are using to turn unified spend data into measurable financial impact.

Best Supplier Information Management Software (April 2026)

Compare the 10 best supplier information management (SIM) software solutions in 2026. Reviews of HICX, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, JAGGAER, GEP SMART, Suplari, and more — with features, pricing, and buying guidance.

Procurement Savings Dashboards: What to Track, How to Build, and Mistakes to Avoid

This article explains how procurement savings dashboards work, where most go wrong, and what a modern approach looks like.

Spend Taxonomy in Procurement Explained

A spend taxonomy is a hierarchical classification system that organizes your procurement transactions into meaningful categories.

How to Build a Supplier Scorecard for Procurement with AI

This article explores why scorecards fail, how to build one that works, and how modern AI platforms automate the measurement and improvement cycle.

Cost Savings vs. Cost Avoidance: Why Both Matter for Procurement

In this article we go through core definitions, explain why both matter and show how Suplari's Value Orchestration gives procurement teams a reliable way to drive cost impact using data and AI.

Indirect Spend Management Best Practices and Framework for Success

‍Why indirect categories resist traditional procurement approaches — and how AI-powered spend intelligence makes them manageable at scale‍

Should-cost Modeling in Procurement: How AI is Replaces Spreadsheet Estimates with Data-driven Baselines

Why traditional should-cost models fail — and how AI-native procurement intelligence platforms are making cost modeling faster, more accurate, and continuously updated

Press Releases

Suplari Named to The Hackett Group's "50 to Know" Procurement Provider List for 2025-2026

Suplari has been named to The Hackett Group's prestigious "50 to Know" procurement provider list for 2025-2026, recognizing the company as an established industry leader every chief procurement officer should know.

Suplari Launches AI-Ready Procurement Intelligence Platform, Introducing a New Category Beyond Spend Analytics

Suplari launches the Procurement Intelligence Platform, the first solution combining an AI-ready data foundation, procurement-specific AI agents, and closed-loop execution to replace backward-looking spend analytics with real-time intelligence tied to P&L outcomes.

Suplari Recognized in the ProcureTech100 for 2025/26

Suplari selected to the 2025/26 ProcureTech100 after re-entering as an independent company. Recognition follows expansion into AI-driven decision intelligence and agentic AI.

Announcing Suplari Tariff Insights Overview

New tariffs reshape sourcing strategies across Canada, China, EU, and Mexico. Suplari's Tariff Insights quantifies exposure by category, supplier, and origin.

SpendMatters Recognizes Suplari for Customer Service Excellence as a 2024 Customer Favorite

SpendMatters recently published its “SolutionMap Insider” and Suplari was recognized as a “2024 Customer Favorite.” The survey of over 90 solution providers concluded that Suplari offers among the industry’s most exceptional “customer service,” demonstrated by its “ability to adapt to changing business needs” and matched by an innovative “ever-evolving product.”

Founders complete divestiture of Suplari from Microsoft

Suplari divested from Microsoft 12 December, 2023 to accelerate its generative AI-powered procurement vision. Original founders return as CEO, CTO, and CRO to lead the next chapter.

Suplari Named Winner of DPW’s DEMO Cost Reduction & Savings Category

Suplari Named Winner of DPW’s DEMO Cost Reduction & Savings Category

Suplari Launches Agile Performance Management, the New Procurement and Finance Solution for Planning, Tracking, and Optimizing Spend

CPOs, CFOs, and business leaders can now plan, execute, and measure savings using normalized data and AI-generated insights with Suplari Agile Performance Management.

Suplari Raises Additional Financing to Support the Launch of AI-Driven Enterprise Insights System

Suplari raised financing from Amplify, Madrona, Shasta, Two Sigma, and Workday Ventures to launch the first AI-driven enterprise insights system for procurement and finance.

Suplari Named a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor in Sourcing and Procurement Applications

Gartner named Suplari a 2019 Cool Vendor for AI-enabled procurement that increases efficiency, improves automation, and delivers actionable insights beyond sporadic reporting.

Suplari Welcomes New Customer: New York Public Library (NYPL)

NYPL chose Suplari for advanced spend management with Workday. The nation's largest public library gains AI-powered visibility into spend and purchasing compliance.

Suplari Named a 2026 Top Tech for Spend Analytics by The Hackett Group

Suplari has been recognized as a 2026 Top Tech for Spend Analytics by The Hackett Group, earning top marks for its AI-powered Procurement Intelligence Platform and exceptional customer value.