SourceDay secures $31.5M to meet today’s procurement challenges

Procurement collaboration enabler SourceDay has closed a $31.5 million series C led by Norwest Venture Partners with continued participation from existing investors including ATX Ventures, Baird Capital, Draper Associates, Ring Ventures and Silverton Partners to continue its efforts in linking global manufacturers, distributors and suppliers.

According to the Austin, Texas-based company, the average purchase order (PO) has a 52% chance of changing before it is delivered by the vendor. In order...

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‘Stop enabling poor-performing suppliers’ — SourceDay CEO

The only constant in supply chains is change, according to Tom Kieley, CEO and co-founder of SourceDay.

“Supply chain volatility is ever present, and unfortunate occurrences like COVID-19 and natural disasters and other events just exacerbate change into higher volatility,” Kieley told FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday. The topic was “Managing Buyer and Supplier Relationships.” 

FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom and...

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