CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – Taulia
In late June, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. In many ways, selecting the right supply management…
Accounts Payable and Procurement Collaboration: Two Hearts Beat as One
Historically, AP and procurement teams have operated in business silos; each responsible for certain parts of the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, but rarely cooperating as true teammates. Perhaps it’s because they…
CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – BuyerQuest
Last Thursday, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. Drafting the right player can potentially impact a team's…
CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – Ivalua
Last Thursday, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. Teams draft in reverse order of how they finished…
It’s a Brand New Day: AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Operational Procurement
Most Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies)…
Proactis to Acquire Intesource
Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…
Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014
Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we've…
Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management
Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them…