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I felt a bit like a celebrity this week. Whether I was in the elevator, on the SAPConnect showfloor, at a seminar or just getting lunch, my week has been punctuated with head nods, 'Congratulations', energy, excitement and interest. In a sea of other vendors, we were having a big moment in the spotlight. I couldn't have been prouder watching Sudhir Bhojwani on main stage, closing the Spend Connect session with Baber Farooq, explaining how ORO Labs is going to help unify the heterogenous landscape and connect in with Joule to enable a range of Procurement personas to have both intelligence and transparency at their fingertips. Our partnership with SAP will enable us to accelerate time to value for our customers and revolutionize the end-to-end Procurement experience, delivering speed and agility only ever imagined before now. There will be many conversations we have on this topic in the coming weeks, but I wanted to give a little more detail of how the SAP relationship fits into the broader narrative we have here at ORO Labs, and so I published my latest blog today (see link in the comments). I'd love you to take a read... #MakeProcurementAwesome

Procurement starts with an idea. Not a requisition. By the time a requisition lands, many of the decisions that determine value have already been made. Idea-to-Pay brings procurement in earlier — understanding business intent and orchestrating the journey across procurement, finance, legal, risk, suppliers, and existing systems.

Procurement spans requests, suppliers, approvals, and risk across different systems. Over time, that fragmentation starts to show. Work happens outside the system, onboarding slows, and risk is reviewed too late. ORO brings everything into one place so you can see how decisions are made and stay in control.

Supplier onboarding spans multiple teams, but rarely runs as one process. Each function works in its own way. Requests repeat. Suppliers are left navigating the gaps. ORO connects the process so teams stay aligned and onboarding holds together end to end.

Procurement often breaks before it even starts. Requests enter in different ways, move across systems, and require rework before they reach the right path. ORO gives you a single starting point so every request is routed correctly from the beginning.

If you looked back at your last 50 supplier approvals, could you clearly show how risk was reviewed? For many organizations, that is not easy to answer. The process spans systems and email, making it difficult to see how decisions were made end to end. ORO brings that visibility into one place so you can trace decisions and be ready when it matters.