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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…

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

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…

NEW WEBINAR: Beyond Automation: Procurement in the Fast Lane: Key Metrics for the CPO’s Dashboard

By John Yuva August 21, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, Featured, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Ivalua on September 5th (10 AM ET) for a discussion on Beyond Automation: Procurement in the Fast Lane: Key Metrics for the CPO’s Dashboard. On the…

Magnus Mondays — The Proliferation of eSourcing

By Magnus Bergfors August 19, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A couple of months ago I wrote an article on innovation in the eSourcing space. New (relatively at least) solution providers like Globality, Pactum, Arkestro, and Fairmarkit have entered the…

Magnus Mondays — A Couple of Truths on IM&PPO and S2P Solutions

By Magnus Bergfors August 12, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This summer I’ve done considerable research into the Intake Management and Procurement Process Orchestration (IM&PPO) space. It’s a relatively new and exciting area and an example of the resurgence of…

CPO Rising Listicle: Every CPO Is Facing Three BIG Questions

By Andrew Bartolini August 9, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Future of Work, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Category Management: All Talk No Action?

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

[**Over the next few weeks, we'll be running "best of" Magnus Mondays posts, reprising some of the most popular topics of the series. Magnus returns with new content in August.]…