Six CPO Strategies for Navigating Through and Managing Change
The interesting angle to navigating change is how exactly Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams react to it; in an age when “agility” has become a desired status for…
Technology Round-Up – August 9, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
Six Ways for Procurement to Collaborate Inside and Outside of the Enterprise
Collaboration is and will remain a key aspect of procurement operations for years to come. Organizations that do not already emphasize collaborative procurement should begin to do so, as the…
The State of ePayables 2018: What Makes The Best AP Departments Better?
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…
BREAKING: New Mountain Capital Acquires Global VMS Solution Beeline
Today, global Vendor Management System (VMS) Beeline announced that is has partnered with New York-based investment firm New Mountain Capital. Beeline now follows up a major merger with another significant…
What Can Next-Gen Spend Analytics Do for You? Lots
There may be no greater advantage for the modern enterprise than visibility. Today’s procurement organizations are often under pressure to not only drive down costs while improving category management, but…
The State of ePayables 2018: Leveraging Technology in AP – 4 Steps To Take Now
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…
The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…
Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement
Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems…
A New Era of Work Optimization: A Foundation for the Future of Work
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a small slice of the new Future of Work Compendium research study. The new report was developed to serve as a “guidebook” for those organizations…