How Stena Metall gained full control of spend with Ignite
Discover how Stena Metall used Ignite to gain full control over spend, improve contract compliance, and drive strategic decision-making across the organization.
Supplier Intelligence
Know every supplier. Manage every relationship.
Supplier information is scattered, incomplete, and rarely connected to the data that matters. Ignite brings it all together, with AI filling in the gaps, so you always have the full picture behind every supplier and the confidence to act on it.
Trusted by procurement teams at leading companies
Managing suppliers without the full picture is harder than it needs to be.
Supplier information is scattered, onboarding is ad hoc, and compliance is reactive. Getting a complete picture of your supplier base shouldn't require this much effort.
No single source of truth
Contacts, certifications, contracts, and documents are spread across systems and inboxes. There is no one place that shows you everything about a supplier.
Onboarding without structure
New suppliers are brought on through email chains and manual follow-up. Requirements get missed, documentation falls through the cracks, and nothing is repeatable.
Compliance is reactive
Checks happen sporadically, if at all. Without a systematic way to monitor certifications and policies, gaps are identified too late.
Suppliers are disconnected
Without spend connected to supplier data, it’s hard to know which relationships to prioritize, where risk sits, or which suppliers deserve more attention.
Ignite Intelligence
With Ignite, supplier management stops being something you chase and starts becoming something you control.
The old way
- Supplier data scattered across systems and inboxes
- Onboarding handled through email and manual follow-up
- Compliance checked reactively
- Suppliers assessed without context
- No visibility into unmanaged suppliers
The Ignite way
- One complete supplier profile for every relationship
- Structured onboarding with clearly defined requirements
- Risk and compliance documents discovered and filled in
- Suppliers connected with spend, performance, risks, and contracts
- Full visibility across your entire supplier base
AI Powered
Complete supplier management, from one place
Ignite gives you a single place to manage every supplier, with the full context behind each relationship and the tools to act on it.
A complete profile for every supplier
Every supplier in Ignite has a full profile: contracts, documents, spend history, risk indicators, performance reviews, and sustainability data all in one place. You walk into every meeting and negotiation with the complete picture, not a patchwork of systems.
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Structured onboarding and assessments
Define requirements upfront and collect what you need through a structured, repeatable process. Suppliers fill in forms sent directly from Ignite, and you approve or reject based on clearly defined criteria, with full context and a complete audit trail.
Book demoCompliance and risk, handled continuously
When you enrich a supplier, Ignite’s AI finds and fills in geographical risk and compliance documents like ISO certifications and GDPR documentation. Financial risk data is also available, giving you a complete risk picture before you act.
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Performance tracking that drives better outcomes
Run internal evaluations to monitor how suppliers perform across quality, delivery, collaboration, and more. Take action when performance falls short, before it affects your business.
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"With Ignite's AI classification, I was able to do what would normally take a full business day in less than an hour. In the last few days alone, I’ve classified a couple million euros of spend and a couple thousand transactions, and it took minutes, not hours.”
"The onboarding was hands-on and pragmatic, with a dedicated customer success manager who understood our business and challenges, allowing us to get useful insights quickly."
“With 1,500 suppliers and ESG criteria included in our assessments, there’s no way to identify which of our suppliers stand out without a good solution — you need a tool to collect, harmonize, and utilize this information.”
"Ignite dynamically displays updated spend data tailored to each situation. Whether we’re preparing for a supplier evaluation or managing a category, Ignite helps us find and display the data in a way that drives better results."
"Ignite stops the drudgery of maintaining and updating complex data sets. It lets us focus on what we do best - discovering areas for improvement, defining strategies, and making data-driven decisions."
"Ignite helps us manage our spend, making it easy to work fact-based with procurement across all our business units and categories.”
“We chose Ignite because the platform provides us with a great overview and rich analytics capabilities, as well as having all data collected in one place - which is the best starting point for actionable analyses and covering all emission categories."
Commonly asked questions
Answers to the questions we hear most from procurement teams. Still have one? Book a demo and we'll walk you through it.
How does Ignite help with supplier onboarding?
Ignite gives you a structured, repeatable onboarding process. Define requirements upfront, send forms directly to suppliers, and approve or reject based on clearly defined criteria, with a full audit trail of every step.
Can we track supplier performance?
Yes. You can run quarterly evaluations across areas like quality, delivery, and collaboration. Results are logged against each supplier, so you build up a clear record over time and always have the context to act when performance falls short.
How does supplier data connect to spend and contracts?
Every supplier in Ignite is connected to their spend history, contracts, and risk data, so you always have the full picture. You can prioritize suppliers by spend, assess risk in context, and go into negotiations fully prepared.
How does Ignite handle supplier risk?
When you enrich a supplier, Ignite’s AI discovers geographical risk and surfaces compliance documents like ISO certifications and GDPR documentation. Financial risk data is also available, giving you a complete risk picture in one place.
How do we ensure suppliers meet our compliance requirements?
Ignite lets you define what you need from each supplier and track whether those requirements have been met. When you enrich a supplier, Ignite’s AI also discovers compliance documents like ISO certifications and GDPR documentation automatically.
Better intelligence. Faster decisions. Real savings.
More time fixing data than finding savings.
Ignite changes that.