Shipware is being fully integrated into SIB/SpendBrain

Shipware is being fully integrated into SIB/SpendBrain, bringing its parcel and transportation expertise into a broader spend intelligence platform for procurement and finance teams. The combination brings together Shipware’s experience across parcel and LTL, carrier contracts, and UPS and FedEx negotiations with SIB/SpendBrain’s capabilities across contract intelligence, invoice analysis, pricing, and historical spend.

The integration addresses a common challenge for procurement organizations: transportation agreements are complex, pricing structures change frequently, and the value secured during a negotiation can erode over time if contracts and invoices are not continuously monitored.

Shipware has built its reputation around hands-on parcel expertise and carrier negotiation support. SIB/SpendBrain adds a technology layer that analyzes contracts, invoices, pricing, and spend history on an ongoing basis.

Combining those capabilities gives procurement teams a more connected view of the parcel category, from negotiation strategy and contract terms through invoice performance and ongoing cost control.

The Shipware brand will be fully folded into SIB/SpendBrain, while the white-glove service and specialist transportation expertise associated with Shipware will remain part of the offering.

For procurement leaders, the broader significance is the shift from periodic parcel sourcing exercises toward a more continuous model of category management, where specialist expertise is supported by ongoing spend intelligence.

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