Technology Round-Up — April 17, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — A New Webinar from Ardent Partners
Join the Ardent Partners analyst team and special guests on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 pm EST for the must-attend procurement event of the spring -- CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion! Click…
Technology Round-Up — April 10, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Four Reasons to be Bullish on the Economy in 2019
Last month, I recalled a recent meeting with a real estate agent in which he challenged the popular (although paradoxically, also unpopular) opinion that the U.S. and or global economy…
How Far Can We Apply Industry 4.0 to Procurement?
Industry 4.0, as it has been called, is the next phase of manufacturing. By its namesake, it is the fourth industrial revolution representing not just the digitization and automation of…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – March 20, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
From Industry 4.0 to Procurement 4.0: Turning Innovative Ideas into Innovation
Editor's Note: Andrew Bartolini's Monday First Thing article will return next week at its usual day and time. In the meantime, we invite you to consider the specific ways that Industry 4.0…
Are We Really Headed Towards Recession in 2019?
My wife and I recently met with a real estate agent who, years ago, helped us buy our first home. He's been representing home buyers and sellers for more than…
New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function
The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…
Technology Round-Up — March 13, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…