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NEW WEBINAR: The Global Challenge in Financial Operations: Managing Complexity, Ensuring Compliance

By John Yuva May 15, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Basware on May 29th (10 AM ET/4 PM CEST) for a webcast on The Global Challenge in Financial Operations: Managing Complexity, Ensuring Compliance. Businesses have never…

Magnus Mondays — Are RFPs For Procurement Technology Really Effective?

By Magnus Bergfors May 13, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Today’s topic might seem a little ironic given that analysts are infamous among technology providers for issuing long and demanding questionnaires about everything under the sun. But for a buying…

Procurement 2024 BIG Trends (Part 1): AI, Savings, Inflation, and Cost of Capital

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Procurement-themed report, “Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions.” Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the…

Technology Round-Up — May 8, 2024

By John Yuva May 8, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management…

Magnus Mondays — The Slow Evolution of eSourcing Is Finally Speeding Up

By Magnus Bergfors May 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As I’ve mentioned before, my procurement technology career began years ago in eSourcing. I worked for a company called IBX (which was first acquired by Capgemini that later sold it…

CPO Rising Listicle: Battle Inflation with Five Smart Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Strategic Sourcing, 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 procurement…

Procurement News — May 1, 2024

By John Yuva May 1, 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…

Coupa Inspire 2024: From BSM to Margin Multipliers

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Last week the Ardent Partners analyst team attended Coupa Inspire at the fashionable Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. According to Coupa, this was the largest Inspire so far…

CPO Rising Listicle: Best-in-Class CPOs Have 5 Key Characteristics

By Andrew Bartolini April 26, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Strategy

Technology Round-Up (April 25, 2024) – Coupa and Bottomline Partner on B2B Payments

By Andrew Bartolini April 25, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Part of the Ardent Partners team made it to Vegas this week for the Coupa Inspire conference. You can expect another article or two covering the briefings, presentations, and conversations…