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AI in Action — Procurement: A Conversation with Precoro

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A New AI Series on CPO Rising The power of artificial intelligence (AI) is undeniable. Its impact and influence are revolutionizing the Procurement automation market. According to research from Ardent…

Magnus Mondays — Build in Agility and Source More

By Magnus Bergfors February 17, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The fact we are living in times of uncertainty should not have escaped anyone at this point. It’s been pointed out continually by pundits, with most CPOs aware of it…

AI in Action — Procurement: A Conversation with Ivalua

By Andrew Bartolini February 12, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Magnus Mondays — Don’t Over-Complicate Your CLM Implementation

By Magnus Bergfors February 10, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A while back I wrote an article about Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) that looked at the two major parts of these solutions and why it’s so important to set a…

CPO Rising Listicle: AI in Action — Procurement, Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini February 7, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

It's Friday, which means we're sharing 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 teams improve…

Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Make vs. Buy: Procurement Tech Edition

By Magnus Bergfors February 3, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[**Today, we're running a "best of" Magnus Mondays post, reprising a popular topic of the series. Magnus returns next week with new content for February.] In a recent article, I…

Procurement Achievements Over a Quarter Century

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2025Articles, 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…

Magnus Mondays — Charts, Ratings, Quadrants, and Classifications

By Magnus Bergfors January 27, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

So, apparently a popular (at least in some circles) figure in the procurement technology space retired last week. Dr. Elouise Epstein created the so-called spider chart back in 2017. I…

Magnus Mondays — Four Things I Want to See in 2025

By Magnus Bergfors January 20, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It’s January of 2025 and we’re back with a new Magnus Monday article! This time of the year there tends to be plenty of predictions flying around, so I thought…

Best of 2024: CPO Rising Listicle: Open Your Mind to New Technology (5 Reasons)

By Andrew Bartolini January 17, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. Fridays means that…