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Magnus Mondays — Contract Lifecycle Management: A Different but Critical Procurement Technology
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has come a long way in the last 25 years or so. The technology started as simple databases where some key metadata was collected to enable... Read more
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CPO Rising Listicle: Every CPO Faces 3 BIG Questions
Fridays (in 2024) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: Don’t Believe the Hype! (Or at Least Apply Some Caution)
Back in 1996, Bill Gates wrote “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.... Read more
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CPO Rising Listicle: Train and Retain Staff with Four More Great Strategies for CPOs
Fridays (in 2024) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — January 31, 2024
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Graphite Connect: Supplier Management, Network Style
As part of the Magnus Mondays series featuring the latest procurement technology trends and insights, we will also spotlight interesting briefings and updates that we receive from different solution providers... Read more
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Guest Article: 3 Best-Practice Tips for Running Procurement Auctions
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Blake Wetzel, CEO of AIQ, a leader in procurement consulting and e-auctions. AIQ provides an end-to-end service, from performing the spend... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption
When I first started reading CPO Rising more than a decade ago, I remember Ardent’s founder and chief research officer, Andrew Bartolini, introducing the concept of eSourcing 2.0, which is... Read more
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Will 2024 be the “Year of Intake Management and Procurement Process Orchestration?”
Happy New Year!! A once staid industry, the procurement technology market has experienced a rousing level of innovation over the past few years, with many new technologies hitting the market... Read more
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L&T Energy-Hydrocarbon Delivers Transformative Results
The inaugural AP Honors Ceremony celebrated the accounts payable profession and recognized excellence in the field. During the ceremony, Ardent Partners presented awards for outstanding performance and execution in the... Read more