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Procurement News — February 21, 2024

By John Yuva February 21, 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 — Navigating the Raw Essentials: A Primer on Direct Materials

By Magnus Bergfors February 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In one of my articles about suites vs. specialists, I briefly mentioned dedicating a future piece to direct materials. Today’s article will do just that. I’ll look at direct materials…

Happy Presidents’ Day

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2024Articles, Events, General

Presidents' Day is one of 11 federal holidays in the United States, and its origins can be found dating all the way back to the death of George Washington in…

Guest Article: How to Navigate 2024 with Confidence — Procurement’s “Words of the Year”

By Andrew Bartolini February 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…

NEW WEBINAR — How CPOs Can Unlock Financial Value with a Tech-Forward Approach

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

Join Ardent Partners and GEP on February 29th (2 PM ET) for a webcast on How CPOs Can Unlock Financial Value with a Tech-Forward Approach. The “year of efficiency” that…

Technology Round-Up — February 14, 2024

By John Yuva February 14, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Future of Work, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, 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 — Contract Lifecycle Management: A Different but Critical Procurement Technology

By Magnus Bergfors February 12, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has come a long way in the last 25 years or so. The technology started as simple databases where some key metadata was collected to enable…

CPO Rising Listicle: Every CPO Faces 3 BIG Questions

By Andrew Bartolini February 9, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Strategy, Technology

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 — February 7, 2024

By John Yuva February 7, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Welcome to our first Procurement News of 2024, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement…

Magnus Mondays: Don’t Believe the Hype! (Or at Least Apply Some Caution)

By Magnus Bergfors February 5, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Back in 1996, Bill Gates wrote “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.…