Magnus Mondays: Zip — One App to Rule Them All?
We’ve written about intake management and procurement process orchestration (IM&PPO) a couple of times previously. It’s certainly a topic and solution set that is gathering a lot of interest from…
CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 1
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…
Procurement News — April 3, 2024
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 — GenAI Is Cool, but Should Everything be Automated?
If you haven’t heard about generative AI (GenAI), or even been pitched some type of it, then you’ve been hiding under a stone. There are dozens of articles describing GenAI,…
Technology Round-Up — March 27, 2024
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 management…
Magnus Mondays — Why Is There No “Mega Vendor” in the Procurement Space?
During my years as an analyst, I’ve heard “We want to be the Salesforce of procurement” many times. Yet, procurement is one of the few spaces that lacks truly dominant…
CPO Rising Listicle: Don’t Negotiate a Supplier Contract Without These 4 Things
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…
Procurement News — March 20, 2024
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: Ivalua Now 2024 — All in On Generative AI
Last week I attended my first solution provider conference (as an analyst) since COVID-19. Ivalua hosted the European edition of Ivalua Now in beautiful Versailles just outside Paris. According to…
NEW WEBINAR — From Green Goals to Gold Standards: The Essential ESG Blueprint for Procurement
Join Ardent Partners and Supplier.io on March 28th (2 PM ET) for a webcast on From Green Goals to Gold Standards: The Essential ESG Blueprint for Procurement. In today's rapidly evolving…