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Freedom without structure becomes friction, confusion, waste, and lost control. The shortcut that leads to a standstill.  In theory, free text ordering is the flexible option. Buyers don’t need to search catalogs, they just enter the details from a supplier quote, and move on. In practice, it is anything but efficient. What looks like a quick fix on the surface creates complexity beneath. Vague inputs, manual steps and missing data turn every request into a small project, one procurement has to manage manually. It is not a shortcut. It is a slow, expensive detour. The Illusion of Simplicity. Free Text feels fast for buyers. No search, no filters, just a box to type in. But without structure, each request becomes a guessing game. What actually happens: Descriptions are vague, with missing specs and unclear intent Preferred suppliers are bypassed or unknown Procurement chases context through endless back-and-forth emails Approvals stall, sourcing drags, and outcomes vary wildly This isn’t flexibility. It is friction, disguised as freedom. The buyer moves on. Procurement picks up the pieces. The Hidden Costs Are Everywhere. Every free text order triggers a chain reaction of manual work. For procurement, that means: Reviewing each request Clarifying requirements Finding the right supplier Running an ad-hoc sourcing event Ensuring compliance Managing approvals Creating and tracking the final order Multiply that by hundreds of requests across teams and regions, and the operational drag is immense. It doesn't stop there: Off-contract purchases inflate costs Fragmented spend weakens supplier leverage Maverick buying bypasses negotiated terms Visibility disappears, and control goes with it What should take minutes turns into days. Resources are tied up in admin, not impact. How Axiom Fixes Free Text Ordering: Structure without sacrificing speed. At Axiom, we reimagined the free text experience - not by forcing buyers to change, but by making the process intelligent behind the scenes. Here’s how it works: Buyers start with a familiar input: a request in free text form Agent AI works instantly to interpret the request and suggest key fields The requestor/buyer selects existing suppliers and sends an RFQ directly in-platform Suppliers respond in-platform with quotes, including including mandatory data fields Buyers then review responses, select the best option, and add it directly to their cart Check-out returns complete, compliant and accurate data to the S2P And the best thing, this item or services can be auto-published into the MarketPlace, allowing it to be easily found by the next buyer - saving time, money and effort all round! And of course procurement maintains full visibility throughout. No email chains. No trying to decipher gobbledegook. No incomplete spreadsheets. No grey areas. It’s all in one place.  Structured, traceable and fast. From Weeks to Days, From Manual to Managed. With Axiom, what once took weeks is now resolved in days and sometimes hours. No more decoding vague requests. No more chasing suppliers for quotes. No more delay for a £300 product or basic service. Just clear, compliant fulfilment, every time. Free Text Isn’t the Problem. The Lack of Structure Is. Buyers want flexibility. That won’t change. But flexibility should not come at the cost of control. Axiom turns unstructured input into structured action. It reduces cycle times, improves compliance, and restores visibility across categories and teams. Procurement gains time. The business saves money. Everyone gets what they need, faster. This is what better buying looks like. 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The MarketPlace model simplifies procurement, replacing friction with intelligent flow.‎  Marketplace Sourcing: A Key Pillar of the Future Procurement Ecosystem.  Enterprise procurement is entering a new era. One defined not by incremental improvements or system upgrades, but by a fundamental shift in how buying gets done, driven by automation and a defined channel approach. At the heart of this change is a simple idea: marketplaces. The consumer world set the standard long ago. Fast, intuitive, digital-first experiences are now part of everyday life. In procurement, that same level of ease has remained elusive, until now. The marketplace model is finally closing the gap, bringing clarity, control and speed to enterprise buying, all without sacrificing governance. This is not a trend, it is the new foundation. Why Procurement is Moving This Way. Technology is now a key enabler and driver of change, rapidly transforming the buying landscape in a way that traditional systems can't match. These traditional systems were built for a different time. ERP modules may be powerful, but they were originally designed for finance and operations. S2P / P2P gave procurement a process improvement, which led to a 'Procurement for Procurement' mindset, and added to the disconnect business users sometimes feel they have with procurement. Understanding the buyer needed support, these platforms added the capability of making hosted catalogs and punchouts available to requestors across the organisation, but with no thought to the actual user experience. Processes remained fragmented, data quality declined, adoption plummeted, with requestors just piling more free text purchase requests onto an already over-burdened procurement function - simply shifting the problem off their plate. The result, a mounting pressure on procurement. Teams are expected to cut costs, accelerate cycle times and ensure compliance, all while delivering a consumer-grade experience. Business users want less friction, not more process. The old model no longer meets expectations. Marketplaces offer a smarter, simpler alternative. Watch: The Everyday Frustration of B2B Buying. Before diving into what a modern marketplace platform can deliver, take a look at the reality many procurement teams face today. This short animation captures the broken experience buyers navigate daily: fragmented systems, manual workarounds and endless friction. It’s a reminder that digitising outdated processes isn’t enough. We need a new approach.   What a Marketplace Platform Really Delivers. In a B2B context, a marketplace platform is much more than a shopfront. It is a unified ecosystem that connects buyers to a curated supplier network, with embedded controls and intelligent automation - all controlled by AI and procurement. When designed well, it enables: A single place to access catalogs, inventory and on-demand sourcing Built-in compliance, approval flows and budget management A consistent user experience across teams, categories and geographies This structure simplifies the buying experience. It makes good purchasing easier to do and creates meaningful efficiencies across the organisation. Axiom’s MarketPlace Platform: Built for the Enterprise. Axiom’s MarketPlace Platform is built for the complexity of modern procurement, whether managing indirect categories tail spend or services and project-based needs. It combines speed and simplicity with enterprise-grade governance. Unlike legacy systems or lightweight tools, Axiom delivers true self-service at scale, with buil t-in Axiom Intelligence and autonomy for both buyers and suppliers. Clients retain full control over suppliers, pricing approvals, workflows and storefront design, while empowering teams to move faster. This is more than a buying tool. It is the operating system for modern procurement, one that flexes to your structure, evolves with your business, and connects seamlessly across regions, categories and use cases. Whether you're sourcing goods or services, managing internal inventory or engaging external suppliers, Axiom simplifies the experience while strengthening control. Key capabilities include: AI-powered matching that understands buyer intent and recommends the most relevant, compliant options Contract-aware pricing that applies agreed rates, terms and conditions automatically Inventory visibility that surfaces internal stock before triggering external orders Intelligent workflows that adapt to your policies and get you to value faster Self-service storefronts with role-based access, multi-region support and supplier accountability Supplier-managed content and reporting to reduce overhead and improve data quality Built-in RFQ flows for high-value, project-based or service procurement needs Managed services that support onboarding, enablement and adoption at scale Axiom delivers the flexibility of a marketplace with the control of a strategic platform. It helps clients build their own procurement ecosystem, not just browse someone else’s, and so remain in complete control. The Results Speak for Themselves. When buying is easy, adoption improves. When Procurement is freed from manual requests, these teams can focus on more strategic work. And when Suppliers understand demand, they respond more competitively. Organisations using Axiom’s MarketPlace Platform are seeing: Stronger adoption across all spend categories Greater savings from better sourcing and inventory use Improved data and visibility, with less day-to-day noise It helps Procurement shift from process-heavy admin to performance-led "Value". Looking Ahead. If your procurement strategy doesn’t include a marketplace model, it’s already falling behind. Buyers want simpler, faster ways to get what they need. Procurement needs better tools to stay in control. And the business expects more from both. Axiom is delivering that future today. We explore all of this in our webinar. 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  Inaccurate pricing creates hidden chaos, draining time, money, and trust.‎  Time is a Premium Resource.  In procurement, time is a premium resource. Yet every day, teams lose hours to one of the most preventable issues in the buying process: Inaccurate Pricing. It sounds minor. But in reality, inaccurate pricing triggers a domino effect that ripples across teams, systems, and spend reporting. It’s one of the key reasons procurement loses time in traditional ERP or S2P environments, and it’s exactly the kind of friction Axiom was built to eliminate. The Chain Reaction of Inaccurate Pricing. Here’s how a common scenario plays out: A buyer selects an item from a hosted catalog The price shown is outdated, but they don’t know that yet A purchase order is raised using the wrong pricing The supplier flags a discrepancy and requests a correction Finance gets involved. So does procurement Spend data is now inaccurate, causing reporting errors The purchase gets delayed, and in some cases, gets blocked entirely = frustrated buyer What began as a simple buying action turns into a time-consuming chase involving multiple teams, manual adjustments, and often a full reset of the process. Let alone, in-boxes full of decline, change, re-issue and confirmation requests. That’s not just inefficient, it’s unnecessary. Why Traditional Systems Fall Short. ERP and S2P systems were not designed for agility when it comes to catalogs, with dynamic content. Pricing is often maintained in static, fragmented hosted catalogs, which rely on either suppliers or procurement resources to manually update them, often through a clunky upload process. Add in the greater complexity of multiple variations of the same catalog for different regions, divisions or teams, multiple versions of the ERP / S2P platform across the same client organisation and it's easy to see why catalog chaos becomes the norm. Procurement ends up chasing suppliers for the right information, uploading and re-uploading catalogs, and managing a patchwork of exceptions. Not only does this waste time, but it also increases the risk of errors, misreporting, and compliance gaps. How Axiom Solves the Problem. At Axiom, we’ve reimagined how pricing is managed across the buying journey. Here’s how we do it differently: Suppliers manage pricing in one place Pricing files uploaded separately to the product catalog Updates are instant and reflected across the platform Automated approvals controlled by procurement No chasing. No manual fixes No unnecessary finance involvement and a satisfied buyer, frictionlessly buying what they searched for And procurement gets time back, plus reporting stays clean & accurate Because our marketplace model keeps supplier pricing live and centralised, there’s no lag, no mismatches, and no cascade of follow-up emails and escalations. Any price changes are fully controlled and automated. It just works, and everyone moves faster. This is what 60% Procurement Time Released Really Looks Like. The “60% time released” figure we talk about isn’t abstract, it’s grounded in real, everyday situations like this. By eliminating avoidable friction and automating the admin behind catalog management, Axiom frees up procurement teams to focus on strategy, supplier relationships, and outcomes. Not catalog clean-up. Ready to Unlock Tangible Value? 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Axiom unifies products and services, simplifying procurement with control.  Finding Solutions That Streamline Processes Is Essential.  In the world of procurement, finding solutions that streamline processes and create efficiencies is essential. Axiom’s Enterprise MarketPlace Platform is here to do just that, offering not only physical products but also services. This unique capability allows procurement and buyers to access a full range of offerings from suppliers, helping them save time, reduce complexity, and gain flexibility in their buying process. The Value of Services on the Axiom Platform. Axiom enables suppliers to offer services alongside their physical products, providing procurement teams and buyers with an all-in-one solution for both goods and expertise. Whether it’s a one-time consulting service or an ongoing project requiring flexible pricing, Axiom Intelligence helps simplify services in ways that traditional systems can't. Clarifying Service Types on Axiom. On Axiom’s platform, Services are designed around two service types to suit every buying scenario: Fixed Services: These services have a clear scope and a set price, giving procurement and buyers full clarity on costs for straightforward engagements like installations or standard consulting. Fixed pricing enables confident planning and eliminates unnecessary back-and-forth. Variable Services: These services have pricing that adjusts based on factors like time, resources, or scope, offering flexibility for complex projects and dynamic requirements. Service Classifications: Configurable Services: This refers to how information for the service is gathered, often through structured forms that buyers complete to specify their requirements for either fixed or variable services. Configurable services ensure the supplier can deliver precisely what is needed while maintaining clarity for buyers. Quotable Services: When a buyer needs a bespoke service beyond standard configurations, Axiom enables them to move seamlessly into quoting through MarketSource. Our integrated RFQ capabilities extend quote requests automatically across multiple suppliers, maximising competition, ensuring price optimisation, and maintaining visibility and control. Streamlined Creation and Management for Suppliers. Axiom makes creating and managing services a breeze. Suppliers can add services in multiple ways: Dynamic Form interface : Quick, easy creation of multi-element services. CSV Import : Bulk import of services for time efficiency. API : Programmatic service management for large-scale operations. This flexibility ensures that services are added efficiently, saving valuable time for the entire procurement, buyer, supplier ecosystem. Moreover, the ability to update and manage services as business needs change, ensures that your catalog stays current and responsive. Complete Transparency and Control with Service Attributes. Each service is clearly defined with essential attributes, giving procurement teams and buyers, full transparency on what they’re purchasing: Unique Identifier : Each service has a distinct identifier, ensuring easy tracking & management and connection to Master Data. Description : Detailed service descriptions ensure that procurement teams and buyers, fully understand what’s being offered. Pricing Flexibility : Fixed or configurable pricing gives procurement teams the ability to match services to project needs and budgets. Custom Properties : Custom attributes allow for additional flexibility and ensure services can be filtered or categorised based on specific requirements. Having all of this information at your fingertips means procurement professionals can make better-informed decisions, with fewer surprises along the way. Simplified Integration, Pricing Control, and Data Integrity. Axiom streamlines the entire service procurement process by seamlessly integrating services into carts and orders, just like physical products. This not only reduces administrative work but ensures that services are tracked alongside other procurement items, making it easier for both buyers and suppliers to manage. The platform also offers suppliers full control over service pricing, allowing them to set specific rates across multiple stores, currencies, and approval workflows. This flexibility ensures that services are priced fairly and consistently, meeting the needs of global procurement teams while maintaining compliance and visibility. Axiom’s AI-powered validation engine further guarantees that service data remains accurate and consistent, reducing errors and manual oversight. From ensuring unique identifiers and generating specifications, to validating URLs and service types, Axiom Intelligence helps maintain high-quality data, enabling procurement teams and buyers to make better informed decisions. Efficiency Gains with Batch Processing and Bulk Updates. Axiom’s AI-powered batch processing tools save suppliers and procurement teams time and effort when managing large volumes of services. Whether importing services in bulk, making updates across multiple offerings, or updating service data in real-time, the platform’s batch capabilities enhance productivity. The platform's Approvals engine allows changes to be fully automated and reflected throughout the system, ensuring accurate, up-to-date information without the need for manual intervention. This efficient approach helps suppliers stay responsive to evolving business needs while ensuring procurement teams and buyers always have access to the latest offerings. The Bottom Line: Simplifying Service Procurement with Axiom. Axiom’s unified approach to products and services offers significant advantages for procurement teams and buyers, making it easier to access, purchase, and manage everything in one place. By supporting fixed & variable services within a single workflow, Axiom empowers organisations to move faster, spend smarter, and maintain control. Moving beyond old-world simple catalogs, to a next-gen content-based sourcing environment. 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Every industry has that one event that feels bigger than the agenda. An event where industry leaders clamour not just to be heard….but also to listen to new ways of thinking, and to learn. An event where ideas spark, where partnerships form, and where there’s a sense that the future is being shaped. For Procurement that event is DPW. Why DPW Will Always Be Part of Axiom’s Story But to us DPW is so much more than just an event, or an opportunity to launch new features, to start and / or continue conversations, and to share ideas. For us it’s a reminder of where it all started. If you’ve been following our journey over the last five years, you’ll know that DPW Labs is where the Axiom adventure began - when we responded to a start-up competition being run by Roche and DPW. We were one of 55 start-ups / scale-ups that entered the competition, and were delighted when Roche took the leap of faith to select us to start a co-creation journey with. 18-months later, after an incredible period of understanding needs & challenges, developing concepts & ideas, rapid MVP testing, adapting & evolving, we launched our Enterprise MarketPlace Platform at DPW in 2023. It was during an interview with DPW's CEO Herman Knevel and Roche's Patrick Foelck (Head of Strategy & Transformation and Head of Insights & Enablement Procurement) where we unpacked the co-creation approach and the dynamics of how a small start-up & global enterprise organisation work so well in unison, that Herman referred to our approach & relationship as a “perfect marriage”! And that’s a theme that we’ve continued as we’ve further developed additional functionality and capabilities – adopting the same open-minded co-ideation / co-creation approach to problem solving. It was slightly humbling to hear Shakil Nathoo (Kearney) celebrate this new approach and journey in his keynote speech at DPW 2024. From the perspective of the event itself, we’ve always enjoyed the wider DPW experience – using each year’s iteration to launch a new capability (MarketSource at AMS 2024, MarketMaterials at NY 2025), and to showcase our deepening functionality. We’ve loved the opportunity to speak on the main stage, as well as the start-up stages and to be part of the Tech safaris. Here’s our story in motion, watch how it all came together below:   But most of all, we love the energy of the week, created not just by the content & speakers (which continues to surpass itself every time 😀) but by the people in attendance. It doesn't matter whether they’re practitioners, consultants, vendors, influencers or thought leaders, its a common mindset and a feeling of collective energy to drive the industry forwards. You just don't get this vibe anywhere else. DPW has managed to combine the traditional event elements (vendor stands, key note speeches, etc.) with a environment of open learning and debate. I remember a post before last year's event about how they were trying to avoid the old-school approach of the A-list CPO flying in, standing on stage telling people how to do things and then jetting off to more important meetings!! In other words, missing the point of connecting with real people with real challenges and real solutions. I suggested (slightly tongue-in-cheek) that DPW should make it a condition of speaking on the main stage that these key individuals should make time to meet with a handful of start-ups with new ideas - giving both the start-up an audience with a potential key prospect and the speaker the opportunity to step out of their echo-chamber!   Whilst not adopted formally, I witnessed (and personally experienced) exactly this happening on numerous occasions during AMS 2024. This 360 degree mindset is fantastic to see and long may it continue! These individual interactions, the variety of sessions, talks, side events and connected activity outside Beurs van Berlage gives DPW a festival feel, with a forward looking focus. As much focus on 'what can we achieve next' as on celebrating what 'has been done'. That mindset fits perfectly with how we think and work at Axiom. Where we thrive on the concept of co-ideation and co-creation to solve real challenges. Looking ahead to DPW 2025 This year we return to Amsterdam with more exciting developments share. We’ll be talking on a range of topics from challenges we're solving, to some of our global rollouts to measurable savings and sharing interesting user adoption stories. We’ve seen procurement teams cut buying times by a factor of three, save around 15% and recover up to 60% of their time. We'll also be hinting at a super exciting development coming in Q1 next year which we believe will have a transformative effect on the challenging area of Tail spend as a whole - so watch this space!! And of course, we’ll remember where it all started Again, this brings us back to where our journey started and why DPW is more than just a date in our calendar. It's a reminder of those who believed in us early on, and what can happen when a singular mindset comes together with a shared vision for the future. It's a common being that has shaped our story and one that continues to inspire our next chapter. For our part, we'll go all-in to feel, to share, to listen, to learn and to imagine what comes next. 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Inventory is one of procurement’s biggest hidden challenges. While organisations spend time perfecting sourcing strategies and supplier negotiations, much of the real value leakage happens after items arrive on site. Materials get duplicated across systems, stock sits in silos, and no one has a clear picture of what is available where. The result is overstocking, shortages, wasted spend, and what we call master data misery. Axiom MarketMaterials is a powerful new capability built to solve this. It gives procurement and operations teams one intelligent, connected space for managing every material and every inventory location. One Golden Record for Every Material. At the heart of MarketMaterials is golden material data, a clean and centralised list of everything your organisation buys or uses across sites and functions Instead of ten different entries for the same item tied to different suppliers, MarketMaterials creates a single, standardised record. That record becomes the source of truth across procurement, warehousing, and operations. Think of it as a dictionary that everyone in the business refers to when they talk about the same item, whether it is a reagent, a spare part, or a consumable. Linking Materials to Real-World Inventory. Once the golden record exists, it can be linked to physical stock at specific locations. MarketMaterials makes this distinction clear: Materials are the definition, such as a specific chemical reagent used in a laboratory. Inventory is the instance, such as 20 litres of that reagent in a cabinet at Site A and 5 litres in cold storage at Site B. This makes it easy to see not just what materials exist, but where and in what quantity. Whether items are in warehouses, storerooms, or labs, MarketMaterials delivers a single, connected view. Smarter Structure, Flexible Categories. MarketMaterials lets organisations bring order and consistency to how materials are managed. Types set the structure, ensuring standard fields like storage temperature, concentration, or batch number are captured consistently. Groups add flexibility, allowing you to categorise materials in ways that make them easier to filter, search, and navigate. The result is a system that is structured enough to enforce standards, but flexible enough to fit the needs of different industries and environments. From Stock Counts to Automated Replenishment. Managing inventory is about more than visibility. It is about ensuring materials are available when needed, without overbuying or waste. With MarketMaterials, stock levels can be: Counted and adjusted manually on site using the app. Replenished automatically when quantities fall below defined thresholds. Assigned to team members through picklists for faster actioning. Replenishment can trigger two outcomes: A transfer of items from one location to another. A purchase order placed directly in the Axiom Marketplace, mapped to the right supplier and unit of measure. This closes the loop between what is purchased and what is consumed. Why It Matters. Traditional ERP and inventory systems can track stock, but they are often rigid, complex, and disconnected from procurement workflows. Axiom MarketMaterials changes that by bringing catalog sourcing, intelligent RFQs, and inventory management into one platform. With Universal Search, procurement and operations can now access all of this in a single place. That means procurement is no longer disconnected from operations. The same system that drives sourcing decisions also ensures materials are available, tracked, and replenished intelligently. The impact is measurable: Fewer stockouts and emergency orders Lower holding costs and reduced waste Elimination of duplicate or inconsistent material records Greater procurement velocity - the ability to move from requirement to delivered value faster Moving Beyond Inventory Mayhem. Every organisation wrestles with some form of inventory challenge, whether it is duplicate records, fragmented systems, or manual spreadsheets. Axiom MarketMaterials provides a way forward, replacing inventory mayhem and master data misery with one intelligent layer that unifies materials, inventory, and sourcing. It is not just another inventory tool. It is the missing link between what procurement buys and what the business actually uses. {{ include_custom_fonts({"Klarheit Kurrent":["Bold","Bold Italic","Extra Bold","Extra Bold Italic","Extra Light","Extra Light Italic","Light","Light Italic","Medium","Medium Italic","Regular","Regular Italic","Semi Bold","Semi Bold Italic"]}) }}