Procurement Process

Most cost avoidance claims fail credibility tests. Learn how to build defensible baselines, distinguish hard vs soft costs, and earn finance team trust.

Learn how to improve spend visibility with 8 practical steps that help finance and procurement teams reduce risk, control costs, and improve forecasting.

Learn 10 costly mistakes teams make when managing their software renewals - and how to avoid them with better data, prep, and process.

Understand 12 procurement KPIs tech companies should be tracking. Learn how to track, prioritize, and implement metrics that drive savings and strategy.

Steal these 12 procurement prompts to generate quality insight and recommendations in seconds using ChatGPT. All you need is to input the right context according to your business.

Tropic VP of Procurement Michael Shields details the biggest procurement mistakes he's made throughout his career—and how to prevent or fix them.

Move from reactive buying to proactive purchasing by following four steps that successful procurement teams use themselves.

Learn how to increase leverage over your spend and suppliers through reliable price benchmarking and insight.

Learn how digital procurement is your key to breaking free from manual procurement processes and disorganized spend data.

Finance leaders wearing the procurenent hat solo can follow this simple, four-step plan to gain immediate savings and build a scalable procurement process.

Learn five ways that reduce your time spent on manual, administrative tasks related to the procurement process.

Buying software isn’t as simple as you’d think. Here's why a great procurement process helps you make better decisions for your business.

Understand the risks to look out for and learn how to navigate and negotiate the right SaaS agreements with five best practices.

Learn all about SaaS ops - the art and science of purchasing, managing, and renewing (or canceling) SaaS subscriptions.

Learn how to control your software costs in 2023 from three procurement leaders in Brad Veech, David Campbell, and Michael Shields.

Tropic Marketing Head Adam Feber outlines why SaaS vendor management is important, who typically handles it, and several common vendor management challenges.

Compliance and adoption improves once processes are easy to follow. Use these five questions to improve the user experience of your procurement process.

Learn how a renewal calendar is your key to proactive procurement, helping you stay ahead of renewals and control your spend more effectively.

Procurement isn’t a burden, it’s a powerful lever and strategic advantage for a business. Learn 3 ways procurement adds value to any organization, beyond cost savings.

Hear three tips from an expert about how procurement software supercharges an in-house procurement team.

Explore the considerations and benefits of hiring a Fractional CXO across various functions such as finance, operations, IT, and procurement.

Read CEO David Campbell's essay in Forbes about why the traditional procurement function wasn’t built for a world run on software.

Learn how both processes come together to help you make more informed decisions when buying SaaS.

Tropic VP of Procurement Michael Shields offers 7 effective levers for teams to optimize their SaaS costs

Read Tropic CEO David Campbell's take in Forbes on how fast-growing companies can save themselves from overspending on software.

Learn how artificial intelligence is transforming the strategic sourcing process as companies evaluate suppliers, manage risk, and maintain compliance.