Organized by SAP in partnership with Acxias on the theme “A connected world for a sustainable world”, the Intelligent Spend Management (ISM) Forum 2022 welcomed around a hundred purchasing professionals on March 22 in Paris.

Based on its expertise and knowledge of the market, Acxias has identified three major trends in the field of digital purchasing in 2022.

Having become strategic, the purchasing function relies on new automation mechanisms to free up time for its teams.

The e-Purchasing Solutions Fair confirmed the strategic place now occupied by procurement and highlighted the new challenges facing the function.

To replace its historical purchasing management solution, obsolete and no longer maintained by its publisher, the Nexans group opted for Ariba in 2012 and was accompanied by Acxias.

To successfully deploy a digital purchasing solution, extending the information, training and support approach to its suppliers is essential.

To facilitate the deployment of a digital purchasing solution by encouraging user buy-in, a first phase should be used to announce the launch of the project and to answer any questions that may arise.

The conduct of the change of a digitalization project requires following a rigorous methodology, which is schematically articulated in three main stages.

In their daily lives, purchasing and accounting teams are required to carry out many time-consuming and repetitive tasks. To relieve them: RPA. This innovation was the subject of the last webinar organized by Acxias with UiPath.

To successfully transform their purchasing function digitally, the ability of companies to effectively manage the conduct of change is critical.