4 Spend Analysis Articles You Should Read
CPO Rising has been actively publishing thought leadership, technology analysis, and supply management best practices for many years and the result has been a steady stream of valuable content that…
Procurement Fraud at the VA: How Did it Happen?
In mid-October, we ran a story about Susan Taylor, the former Deputy Chief Procurement Officer (DCPO) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran's Health Administration (VHA), who was…
Technology Round-Up – July 29, 2015
Coupa Continues to Grow Customer Base, Revenues, and Workforce Earlier last month, Coupa, the San Francisco-based provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, announced a number of performance metrics for Q1…
Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery
Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to…
Procurement Influencer Series: Rick Hughes of GEP – Part II
In the procurement and supply management world, Rick Hughes is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of service and accomplishments under his belt working with some of the…
Technology Round-Up – July 10, 2015
IQNavigator Set to Release Improved Vendor Management System In mid May, IQNavigator, the Denver-based provider of non-employee Vendor Management Systems (VMS), announced that it has updated its offering, which will now…
CPO News – July 7, 2015
Vora Ventures Names Carol Hays as VP of Strategic Sourcing Services On June 11, Vora Ventures, a Cincinnati-based private-equity firm that invests in up and coming IT providers, announced that it…
Three Strategies for Collaborative Sourcing
The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. New geographies and supply markets have opened up; innovative technologies have…
Research Preview: Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies
Today's article is a preview of a report that Ardent Partners recently published entitled, Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies. The report is sponsored by GEP and interested readers…
Three Prerequisites for Collaborative Sourcing
The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Globalization means that new geographies and supply markets keep opening up;…