Magnus Bergfors | VP of Research & Procurement Technology Expert

Magnus Mondays — Graphite Connect: Supplier Management, Network Style

By Magnus Bergfors January 29, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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…

Magnus Mondays: It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption

By Magnus Bergfors January 22, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Magnus Mondays: What’s in Store for 2024

By Magnus Bergfors December 18, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As we close in on the end of the year and I settle in at Ardent Partners, I wanted to take a moment to look toward 2024. Rather than an…

Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Five: The Final Factors

By Magnus Bergfors December 11, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve discussed the question of suites vs. specialists in the procurement technology space. As I mentioned in the first article, it’s not an either/or…

Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Four: How Your Spend Profile Impacts Your Strategy

By Magnus Bergfors December 4, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Over the last couple of weeks, we have published a series of articles on the topic of solution suites vs. specialist providers in the procurement technology space. In the first…

Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Three: I Wish I Was Special

By Magnus Bergfors November 27, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In part 1 of this series, we introduced and framed the familiar topic of suites vs. specialists in the procurement solutions space. And last week in part 2, we looked…

Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Two (Home Suite Home)

By Magnus Bergfors November 20, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In last week’s article, we kicked off our discussion on suites vs. specialist providers by discussing the primary considerations in setting an overall procurement technology strategy. Generally, it is not…

Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part One (Framing the Decision)

By Magnus Bergfors November 13, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A question that keeps coming up in the procurement world is: What is the better technology strategy, investing in a broader suite (think source-to-pay) or a collection of specialist providers?…

Magnus Mondays: The Proliferation of Procurement Solutions

By Magnus Bergfors November 6, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

A little more than a decade ago when I joined Gartner and started out as an analyst, there were basically a handful of vendors that mattered and another handful that…