Technology Round-Up – May 4, 2017
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of procurement and supply management solution-provider news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a…
Opportunities for Direct Materials eSourcing
At this year’s SAP Ariba Live, SAP Ariba announced that they are making a strategic push into direct materials management, among other things, in an effort to expand their solution footprint,…
Pumping the Brakes on Blockchain for Procurement
Blockchain, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the tech industry today, and the excitement has spread to supply management. In fact, Blockchain was…
Announcing The CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade Report
I consider myself very lucky in that I really enjoy my work. And, of all of the things that I look forward to each year, working on our annual CPO Rising…
CWM Technology Round-Up – April 27, 2017
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of contingent workforce management (CWM) solution-provider news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are…
What Will it Take to Get AP to the “Next Level” of Performance?
In the past, the role of the AP operation focused primarily on data entry and manual activities. But that is changing - today, there is a great opportunity for AP…
What is Blockchain for Procurement?
Blockchain, along with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the software and technology industry today, and its notoriety has spread to the…
Technology Round-Up – April 20, 2017
CPO Rising's Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of solution provider news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
SNEAK PREVIEW – CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (Webinar)
Join Ardent Partners on Thursday, April 27 at 2 PM EST for a 30-minute, sneak-peak webinar on our forthcoming benchmark research report, CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (click to…
ISM 2017 Conference To Tackle Global Issues, Uncertainty
In about a month, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will host its 102nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. The ISM Conference is always a…