Welcome to the 3rd Episode of Xeeva Spotlight where we feature the people who power Xeeva. In today's episode of Xeeva spotlight, we interview Christopher Hudson- Vice President, People at Xeeva. With 20 years of both strategic and tactical experience in talent management programming, he believes a world-class culture to be the driving force behind business success.. In this featured interview, David A. Stone and Christopher Hudson discuss the benefits of working for a start-up...
SOUTHFIELD, MI, October 18, 2022 – Xeeva, a leader in AI-powered spend management and procurement is excited to announce that Hertz has become a Preferred Supplier in Xeeva Marketplace and is now serving Xeeva customers with great pricing on car rentals! This partnership allows Xeeva customers to have direct access to Hertz and do business with them in multiple ways. Customers will be able to engage with Hertz by running Sourcing Events on our Sourcing solution...
Welcome to the third episode of our “Partner Showcase” series, where we feature Xeeva’s exclusive partners. This week on Partner Showcase, Andrew Madera, Account Executive of Partnerships at Xeeva, interviewed Milan Otajovic from Insight Plum, one of our partners. Insight Plum is a Procurement Technology firm based out of Dubai and is the world's leading provider for all emerging tech in Procurement. Through their exclusive collaboration with prominent tech start-ups, they offer comprehensive procurement technology...
Introducing a new episode in our “Partner Showcase” series, where we feature Xeeva’s exclusive partners. This week on Partner Showcase, Andrew Madera, Account Executive of Partnerships at Xeeva, interviewed Traci Nichols (VP Procurement Transformation) from Beltrees Consulting, one of our partners. Beltrees is a Procurement consulting firm that offers a network of consultants that specialize in procurement and supply chain, allowing you to have options not readily available with other traditional consultancies. Beltrees leaders have...
Xeeva is proud to introduce another feature that makes catalog maintenance more convenient: Public Catalogs. If you are using the Xeeva Procure-To-Pay application, your Super Administrator can turn on this feature and make these Public Catalogs available to your sites/locations and for respective requestors at these sites. Suppliers participating in the new Public Catalog program are updating their catalogs on a regular basis, which means no catalog maintenance effort on your side. See below the...
Procurement is under unprecedented pressure today to manage pricing and supply, but do you really know what you are buying, where you are taking price increases, and on what items are lead times inflating? How good is your ERP spend data? Because garbage in, garbage out. Most companies would agree that a large percentage of the spend data in their ERP systems are misclassified or unclassifiable, and analyzing bad data will get you bad...
SUPPLIER SHOWCASE ALERT!! This week on Supplier Showcase, Quinn Phelps, Supplier Partnerships and Success Manager for Xeeva Marketplace, interviewed Beth Firgau from Pride Veteran Staffing, one of our preferred marketplace suppliers. You will learn about: Providing Value to Customers as a Woman and Veteran Owned Business. How do staffing companies provide long-term staffing options during COVID? How does Pride Veteran Staffing provide value to its customers? How Pride Veteran Staffing Provides Value to Customers in...
Today we are Introducing the first episode of our new series “Partner Showcase”, where we feature partners that power Xeeva. This week on Partner Showcase, Andrew Madera, Account Executive of Partnerships at Xeeva, interviewed Mayank Chandla and Milan Otajovic from Insight Plum, one of our partners. Insight Plum is a Procurement Technology firm based out of Dubai and is the world's leading provider for all emerging tech in Procurement. Through their exclusive collaboration with prominent...
This week on Supplier Showcase, Quinn Phelps, Supplier Partnerships and Success Manager for Xeeva Marketplace, interviewed Daniel Negro & Jim Becher from Augusto Digital, one of our preferred marketplace suppliers. Augusto Digital is a member of Xeeva’s Supplier Marketplace and has proven that they can provide a high-quality product on a consistent basis for our customers. They provide IT services for their customers by building customized software for their customers' needs. They specialize in Cloud-Native...
Welcome to the 2nd Episode of Xeeva Spotlight where we feature the people who power Xeeva. In today's episode of Xeeva spotlight, we interview Nina Vellayan- President & CEO of Xeeva. With over 25 years' experience, Nina has a successful background with private and public companies, large and small companies, enterprise SAS and building high-performance management teams. Nina has a unique entrepreneurial leadership style that has repeatedly shown measurable results due to her effective planning,...
Welcome to the very first episode of Xeeva Spotlight where we feature the people who power Xeeva. In today's Xeeva spotlight episode, we interview Uli Muench, Executive VP of Operations and Professional Services at Xeeva. We reminisce about his corporate journey from large-scale companies like SAP to a startup like Xeeva. In this featured interview, David A. Stone and Uli Muench discuss the benefits of working for a start-up like Xeeva, what differentiates Xeeva from...
Southfield, MI – Xeeva, a leading provider of procurement software solutions is excited to announce a partnership with Insight Plum, a Procurement Technology Services Firm. This collaboration will allow Xeeva to offer procurement strategy and managed services supported by a leading AI-driven, cloud-native procurement platform and software solutions to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide. By combining Xeeva’s feature-packed intelligent solution suite with Insight Plum’s service focus, this partnership will allow customers to transform...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sweeping the software ecosystem, generating tons of buzz from customers and software providers alike. Today every company strives to have an intelligent capability that claims to transform data or automate tasks. It’s hard to distinguish if your application actually has an AI/ML-driven engine or if it’s just a BI tool with automation of manual tasks? Often, vendors claim to use Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML tool), where they might simply be using Business...
Procurement professionals today face numerous challenges in our perilous economic climate. Most companies are experiencing increased operating expenses due to inflationary pressures, supply chain disruption, supplier fraud, and loss of staff which all add pressure to your already overworked team. Xeeva is here to help! We exist to solve our customers' procurement problems by providing strategic resources to help with your Digital Transformation. Watch the Animated Video Here Digital Transformation is more than just cost...
This week on supplier showcase we had Quinn Phelps, Supplier Partnerships and Success Manager for Xeeva Marketplace, interview one of our preferred suppliers, Peter Koury from TA Industrial. TA Industrial is a member of Xeeva’s Supplier Marketplace and has proven they can provide high-quality products on a consistent basis for Xeeva customers. They specialize in Production Finishers, Metal Fabricators, Abrasives, and more and can provide them at a low operational cost. They take an individualized...
Southfield, MI – Xeeva is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with the Global Management Consulting Firm ThouCentric. ThouCentric is a niche management consulting firm solving complex business problems across industries and functions. They specialize in BPO optimization and assist companies in accelerating their path toward digitalization. ThouCentric believes in solving classic business problems by addressing 3 pillars - people, process, and technology in their solutions. They help clients make better business decisions, optimize...
Digital Transformation has been a phrase on the mind of every procurement professional since the pandemic hit. Organizations have been looking for digital solutions to help them optimize their internal processes and stay competitive with the market. This weekend, our Executive team was at ProcureCon delivering a Keynote Presentation detailing how companies can leverage digital solutions to surface savings opportunities leading to Better Data, Better Insights, and Better Outcomes. Watch the Full Presentation here: https://youtu.be/vldGOVi6JBc ...
This week our President & CEO Nina Vellayan sat with Lance Younger on this week's ProcureTech Stars Interview to discuss her thoughts on guided execution, platforms, data journeys, autonomous sourcing, intelligence, promoting passionate team members, and her love for vodka martinis! Below is a summary of the interview. Or follow this link to read the Full Transcript: https://www.procuretech.co/blogs/procuretechstars-with-nina-vellayan/ What’s Xeeva’s mission and USP? Our unique selling point (USP) starts with cleansing, normalizing, and enriching the...
Pete Baltes, SVP of Corporate Sales for Magid is interviewed by Quinn Phelps, Supplier Partnerships and Success Manager for Xeeva Marketplace. https://youtu.be/dJhYRzRPd-c Magid Glove and Safety is one of Xeeva’s leading members in Xeeva’s Supplier Marketplace. They have been a member of our Supplier Marketplace for a few years and have worked with a variety of our customers providing them a high quality of Safety Solutions and PPE Equipment on a consistent basis. Today, we...
The industry is flooded with numerous software solutions, and it is not easy to select the best tools to serve your business needs. Choosing the right solution is a critical decision and knowing your criteria before getting too deep in decision making is a huge benefit. Here’s a 5-Step Approach on how to choose a software package for your business. 1. Business Roadmap: Once the business owner decides the roadmap of the business, the market, and the target customers, how the business solution is going to impact...
Do you have an idea for improving the Xeeva platform? Read below to see how to submit your ideas and what happens next! What is an Enhancement Request? An Enhancement Request is a suggestion for an improvement or change to the existing solution. It is not a request to fix a 'a “bug” (something broken that is supposed to be working). Enhancement Requests can come from a variety of sources, such as a support ticket...
Every human, business, government entity, public or private organization depends on data-based facts and evidence to make day-to-day decisions. Whether quick, agile, based on extended discussions, or based on an in-depth analysis of data, all decisions require supporting data. The question is, where and how does an entity get its underlying data from? And how does an organization process that data to generate information that forms the basis for its decision-making? This is the foundation for the use of data, data analysis, and data-based analytics. How...
Procurement and purchasing activities and improved spend management have always been competitive factors for an enterprise. Managing key supplier relationships and costs contribute directly to bottom-line profits. Controlling indirect procurement spending can introduce various cost-saving opportunities and help organizations improve their operating costs. Three areas in which companies try to curtail their procurement and purchasing costs are reduction in spot buys, controlling the maverick spend, and managing tail spend. Each one can be optimized to...
Whether your organization is large or small, utilizing Xeeva’s Spend Analytics platform is the first step in gaining control of your indirect spend. Accessing your indirect spend data to share with Xeeva can sometimes appear to be an overwhelming task. This blog aims to guide you through what you need to do to prepare to send your data and explain how our team can help. There can be several challenges in collecting this data –...