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NEW WEBINAR: The State of Source-to-Pay Digitization 2024

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Source-to-Pay (S2P) technology has become an essential part of the modern enterprise IT stack, empowering organizations in all aspects of their operations. Just as customers, employees, and financials have their…

Magnus Mondays — Don’t Leave Money on the Table, Optimize!

By Magnus Bergfors June 17, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It’s always been a mystery to me why so few organizations use sourcing optimization. Yes, it can be complex to use but there is so much value to get from…

Technology Round-Up — May 8, 2024

By John Yuva May 8, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, 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 management…

Magnus Mondays — The Slow Evolution of eSourcing Is Finally Speeding Up

By Magnus Bergfors May 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As I’ve mentioned before, my procurement technology career began years ago in eSourcing. I worked for a company called IBX (which was first acquired by Capgemini that later sold it…

CPO Rising Listicle: Battle Inflation with Five Smart Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Strategic Sourcing, 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 procurement…

CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini April 12, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, 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…

NEW WEBINAR — AI Decoded: What Every CPO Needs to Know

By Andrew Bartolini April 10, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Arkestro on April 24th (2 PM ET) for a webcast on AI Decoded: What Every CPO Needs to Know. In 2024, AI is seemingly “everything, everywhere,…

Magnus Mondays — Why Is There No “Mega Vendor” in the Procurement Space?

By Magnus Bergfors March 25, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

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

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Magnus Mondays — Category Management: All Talk No Action?

By Magnus Bergfors March 11, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

When I started in procurement in what feels like way too many years ago, it was as a buyer. A few years later I got a new title, strategic buyer!…