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The Complete Spend Control Playbook for Finance Teams (2025 Guide)

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74% of CPOs have made savings a top priority in 2025, yet 65% of organizations still lack visibility into indirect spend. If you’re a controller or finance leader managing procurement responsibilities alongside your core duties, you’re facing what we call the “procurement gap” – your company has outgrown manual processes but lacks the dedicated team… Continue reading The Complete Spend Control Playbook for Finance Teams (2025 Guide)

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The Complete Spend Control Playbook for Finance Teams (2025 Guide)

The Complete Spend Control Playbook for Finance Teams (2025 Guide)Learn more arrow icon

74% of CPOs have made savings a top priority in 2025, yet 65% of organizations still lack visibility into indirect spend. If you’re a controller or finance leader managing procurement responsibilities alongside your core duties, you’re facing what we call the “procurement gap” – your company has outgrown manual processes but lacks the dedicated team… Continue reading The Complete Spend Control Playbook for Finance Teams (2025 Guide)

7 Best Point Purchasing Alternatives: 2025 Reviews

7 Best Point Purchasing Alternatives: 2025 ReviewsLearn more arrow icon

Point Purchasing’s web-based system handles basic requisitions and authorization routing, but growing companies need more robust procurement automation. Many finance teams struggle with Point Purchasing’s limited mobile access, outdated interface, limited punchouts, and lack of comprehensive accounts payable automation. We compiled this guide to review ProcureDesk and other procurement solutions that offer modern features Point… Continue reading 7 Best Point Purchasing Alternatives: 2025 Reviews

5 Ways to Eliminate Rogue Spending (Without Saying ‘No’ to Everything)

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You’re reviewing last month’s expenses when you spot it again – a $500 Amazon purchase on someone’s personal credit card, submitted for reimbursement without any approval. Sound familiar? If you’re a controller at a growing company, you’ve likely seen this scenario play out dozens of times. Employees need supplies to do their jobs, but the… Continue reading 5 Ways to Eliminate Rogue Spending (Without Saying ‘No’ to Everything)

10 Best Purchasing Software in 2025 (Options for All Biz Sizes)

10 Best Purchasing Software in 2025 (Options for All Biz Sizes) Learn more icon

Our post reviews 10 of the most popular purchasing software in 2024. We categorize recommendations by business size so you can easily compare options.

Best Purchase Order (PO) System for Small Businesses in 2025

Best Purchase Order (PO) System for Small Businesses in 2025 Learn more icon

Our guide reviews six popular PO systems for small businesses, which includes our solution, ProcureDesk, as well as Spendwise, Tradogram, Tipalti & more.

Best Procurify Alternatives: 2025 Buyer’s Guide

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Procurify is a popular procure-to-pay and spend management software — users like the platform because it has an intuitive, visually elegant dashboard and hundreds of features to manage processes (like punchout catalogs and spend cards). They commonly work with larger companies and businesses that do a lot of in-person spending. But many users also leave… Continue reading Best Procurify Alternatives: 2025 Buyer’s Guide

Understanding Purchase Order Systems

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If you use spreadsheets to create more than 20 purchase orders monthly,  you know the process is time-consuming and error-prone.  The result? Wasted time, frequent stockouts, and an overreliance on cumbersome Excel sheets. A purchase order system can transform how you manage procurement, offering significant benefits like: In this guide, we’ll walk you through how… Continue reading Understanding Purchase Order Systems

Best Precoro Alternatives: 2025 Buyer’s Guide

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Precoro is a popular procure-to-pay solution because it boasts 100+ features for automating and supporting workflows. The platform is noted as being modern, user-friendly, and easy to learn.  However, Precoro is on the pricier side compared to similar solutions. The recommended P2P package starts at $999/month, with additional costs for essential tools like optical character… Continue reading Best Precoro Alternatives: 2025 Buyer’s Guide

15 Tips To Lower Operating Costs For SMB’s in 2025

15 Tips To Lower Operating Costs For SMB’s in 2025 Learn more icon

If you want to improve the profitability of your business and lower your operational costs, this blog is for you. We’ve detailed the 15 top tips to help you strategically keep up with cost-reduction efforts for your business. By the end of this blog, you’ll understand saving opportunities that you might have often overlooked and… Continue reading 15 Tips To Lower Operating Costs For SMB’s in 2025