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NEW WEBINAR: CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing

By John Yuva November 27, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Coupa on December 11th (2 PM ET) as they discuss CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing. The pressure on procurement to deliver savings…

Magnus Mondays — When Procurement Tech Projects Fail

By Magnus Bergfors November 25, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

A big IT project has been all over the news in Sweden recently. Two regions (a region is a fairly large public entity that is responsible for public healthcare and…

Evolution Continues in Contract Management

By Andrew Bartolini November 22, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Over the last few years, the contract management (or contract lifecycle management) solution space has seen some exciting new innovations, after lagging behind other areas in the supply management space…

NEW WEBINAR: AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024)

By John Yuva November 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Medius on December 4th (2 PM ET) as they discuss AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024). This webinar will tell…

Magnus Mondays — Flexibility or Control? Why Not Both?

By Magnus Bergfors November 18, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For the last decade or so, the go-to solution for automating the Procure to Pay (P2P) process has been … wait for it … P2P suites. The P2P process covers…

Procurement News — November 13, 2024

By John Yuva November 13, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…

Magnus Mondays — Why Not Generative AI?

By Magnus Bergfors November 11, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

Like most of us in the procurement tech world, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about generative AI (GenAI) lately. While some critical voices have started to make themselves heard,…

CPO Rising Listicle: Best-in-Class AP Operations Benefit the CFO in Six Ways

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

NEW WEBINAR: Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact

By John Yuva November 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events

Join Ardent Partners and ORO Labs on November 21st (11 AM ET) for a discussion on Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact. If granted…

Magnus Mondays — Feature, Product, or Company?

By Magnus Bergfors November 4, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

When I joined Ardent Partners a year ago, my very first article was about the proliferation of procurement solutions. My experience at the DPW conference and, perhaps to a lesser…