--- title: 'Explore Medius: Procurement 2026' url: https://www.medius.com/resources/events-and-webinars/explore-medius-procurement-2026/ updated: 2026-08-31T13:16:11Z --- [Back to Events and Webinars](https://www.medius.com/resources/events-and-webinars/) Events and Webinars Oct 21 # Explore Medius: Procurement ##### Capture the Spend That's Slipping Through the Cracks October 21, 10:00 - 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) | 16:00 - 16:30 Central European Time (CET) #### Overview "Explore Medius" is a series of 30-minute live webinars designed exclusively for Medius customers. This month, we look at what happens upstream of the invoice — and why it matters more than you might think. Your AP process is running well. Invoices are flowing, approvals are moving, payments are going out. But here's a question worth sitting with: do you actually know if every purchase that generated those invoices was ever authorized? For most finance teams, the answer is complicated. Between 20 and 40 percent of organizational spend bypasses procurement entirely — purchases made outside of approved channels, from unapproved suppliers, at prices that were never negotiated. By the time the invoice arrives in AP, the spending decision has already been made. The damage is done. Medius Procurement changes where that control happens. Instead of catching problems at the invoice, you prevent them at the purchase — with a requisition-to-PO workflow that sits on the same platform, the same data, and the same supplier connections you already run for AP. ###### This webinar will take a closer look at: - Where spend is escaping your current process — and why AP automation alone can't catch it - How a procurement workflow closes the loop from requisition to 3-way matched invoice - What upfront spend visibility means for budget owners, finance leaders, and AP teams You'll leave with a clear understanding of what Medius Procurement does, where it fits with your existing setup, and what it would take to extend your AP platform upstream. ##### What you'll learn: ###### Current challenges this session addresses: - Purchases made outside of approved channels — no PO, no approved supplier, no negotiated price - Invoice exceptions driven by purchases that were never authorized in the first place - No visibility into committed spend — only what's already invoiced, not what's on order - Supplier master data managed for AP but not extended to purchasing decisions - 3-way match rates limited by how many invoices actually have a PO to match against - Manual, time-consuming procurement processes that slow down approvals and order fulfillment ###### We will cover - The maverick spend problem: why 20–40% of indirect spend bypasses procurement — and what it costs - The P2P gap: where your Medius deployment starts vs. where spend decisions actually happen - Requisition-to-PO automation: how employees request, approvers decide, and POs reach suppliers — all within Medius - The webshop experience: catalogues, free-text forms, mobile approvals, and a checkout process your team will actually use - Spend visibility and budget control: committed spend and actuals in one view, before month-end becomes a scramble - How Medius Procurement improves 3-way match rates and touchless invoice processing — no new platform, no new ERP integration Meet the Speaker ##### Register Now Thank you for your interest. Please keep an eye on your Email ###### Questions & Answers The webinar is live and you can ask questions throughout. We’ll wrap up with a dedicated Q&A segment. ##### Who Should Attend This session is for any Medius customer who wants to extend the value of their AP automation upstream — into the purchasing decisions that generate invoices in the first place: - AP and Finance leaders managing high volumes of non-PO invoices or frequent coding exceptions - Controllers and budget owners who need visibility into committed spend before invoices arrive - Procurement and operations managers looking for a user-friendly requisition workflow without a separate platform - Finance and IT teams evaluating how to extend their Medius investment without a new ERP integration - Anyone whose 3-way match rates are lower than they should be because not enough spend generates a PO ## Speaker Spenser Labatt Senior Presales Solution Consultant, Medius spenser.labatt@medius.com Spenser Labatt is a Senior Solution Consultant at Medius with over ten years of software industry experience and a strong focus on finance automation. He specializes in AP and procure‑to‑pay solutions, supporting organizations with technical discovery, product demonstrations, and solution design to help refine their spend management processes. 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