Mobile Procurement news and trends

BlueCart Acquires Sous To Boost Mobile Procurement For Restaurants
Partnerships / Acquisitions // June 09, 2017

BlueCart is strengthening its position in restaurants’ back offices with a new acquisition. The company announced Thursday (June 8) that it is acquiring Sous, whose mobile restaurant administration platform will bolster BlueCart’s existing cloud procurement management solution. According to the companies, Sous’ mobile-first approach to...

Why Mobile eProcurement No Longer Makes The Grade
B2B Payments // May 18, 2016

Empowering professionals with mobile solutions is about more than providing these employees with a mobile device to access online tools. Solutions for the workplace — like accounts payable or invoice management — need to be scaled for particular devices, according to PayStream Advisors, whose analysts...

Esker Fuels Procure-To-Pay Cycles Via Smartphones
B2B Payments // January 27, 2016

The mobile device is now a mainstay for many professionals, but for higher-level executives, the smartphone can often be a lifeline. Document processing and cloud automation company Esker has just rolled out a mobile app targeted to an aspect of business operations that often can’t...

Quatrro App Mobilizes Procurement Of SME Services
B2B Payments // December 17, 2015

Business service provider Quatrro wants to tap into the growing population of small business owners that are running operations from their smartphones and tablets. Citing recent research that predicts 2 billion smartphone users by next year, Quatrro announced Wednesday (Dec. 16) the launch of its...

Quick Reads
Walmart Mobilizes B2B Procurement, Payments

August 05, 2015
A slew of new partnerships in India is helping Walmart become a B2B industry leader in mobile procurement. New reports published Tuesday (Aug. 4) said the mega-retailer has launched collaboration with several Indian companies, including local eCommerce service provider MartJack enterprise, mobile payments network MobiKwik, and customer management solutions company iEnergizer. Altogether, the partnerships have […]

Ariba Dishes On Future B2B Mobile Innovations

August 03, 2015
Since processing more than $1 billion through its platform, B2B payment services provider Ariba has taken new steps to boost its cloud services for corporate clients this year. Last week,...

Vroozi’s Mobile Procure-To-Pay Platform Now Certified

July 08, 2015
In March, cloud-based procurement solution provider Vroozi revealed its procure-to-pay mobile first platform — a service Vroozi says is the world’s first procurement platform that works on any device. And now,...

Olam Energizes B2B Coffee Operations for the Mobile Buyer

March 18, 2015
Business-to-business procurement remains largely done on the desktop computer – or even over the phone – but for Olam Specialty Coffee, the buyers and roasters of coffee beans are often...