Best of 2022: Procurement Rising Podcast – Ardent Partners’ CPO Spectacular
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2022 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Best of 2022: Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Transitioning Into a New CPO Role
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2022 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Best of 2022: CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution Is Here
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2022 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Big Data Checkpoint: Have You Achieved Full Visibility Yet?
One of the many benefits of any “Big Data” strategy is the fact that, based on current data or figures, the executive team can paint a vivid picture of the…
The Macro-Level Issues Impacting the CPO Right Now: B2B Payments Fraud
Chief Procurement Officers face a myriad of supply risks from supplier insolvency to union strikes to geopolitical crises to inflation. However, one area of risk that has spiked in recent…
Instant Analysis: Simfoni Expands the Band, Announces Acquisition of Xeeva
Simfoni Announces Xeeva Acquisition This morning, Simfoni, a digital procurement solution provider, announced that it had acquired Xeeva, a spend management and procurement technology provider. The second major acquisition for the…
Black Friday Starts Today!
Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…
The Macro-Level Issues Impacting the CPO Right Now: Inflation
So in 2022, we’re emerging from the pandemic amidst great uncertainty, As of today, procurement’s long-term future remains bright, even if things look challenging in the near-term. Over the next…
Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Ensuring Procurement Has a Seat at the Table
Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2021 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast — Chris Shanahan, Vice President Supply Chain Operations for Thermo Fisher…
Paper or Electronic Invoices and B2B Payments?
The Answer Is Obvious. Should your AP department use paper as its main mode of supplier invoicing and payments, or should it leverage the power of automation to create repeatable,…