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Announcing Ardent Partners’ 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor Report

By Magnus Bergfors September 9, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We are happy to announce the official launch of Ardent Partners' 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor report. This is a report designed to guide sourcing and procurement teams through the…

CPO Rising Listicle: Achieve Best-in-Class Vendor Management Performance with Six Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini September 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, 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: The State of ePayables 2024: Money Never Sleeps

By Andrew Bartolini September 5, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Featured, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In a 24/7/365 global business environment, where challenges from economic uncertainty, supply chain disruption, and changing technology continue to grow, cash management has never been more important, and that has…

Technology Round-Up — September 4, 2024

By John Yuva September 4, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, 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…

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 2: Supplier Information Management

By Magnus Bergfors September 3, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Last week we started a series of articles on supplier management. In that article, we covered some of the functionality that’s needed across all the components of supplier management. This…

Happy Labor Day!

By Andrew Bartolini September 2, 2024Articles, Events, General

The first Monday of September in the United States (and Canada) is a federal holiday called Labor Day. According to the US Department of Labor, “Labor Day is a creation of the labor…

Biggest Achievements for Procurement Over the Last 25 Years

By John Yuva August 30, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Strategy, Technology

When business historians reflect on the first quarter-century of the new millennium, the broad-based transformation that occurred within the average enterprise’s procurement department will be on the list of top…

Procurement News — August 28, 2024

By John Yuva August 28, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

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 — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 1: Platform Capabilities

By Magnus Bergfors August 26, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Supplier management is a complex and critical activity for procurement organizations. A key problem is that many procurement professionals lack the tools needed to efficiently manage supplier relationships, information, performance,…

CPO Rising Listicle: CPO Strategies to Train and Retain Staff — Part Two

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva August 23, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Contingent Workforce Weekly, Future of Work, General, Lists, Strategy, Technology