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Magnus Mondays — Navigating the Raw Essentials: A Primer on Direct Materials

By Magnus Bergfors February 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In one of my articles about suites vs. specialists, I briefly mentioned dedicating a future piece to direct materials. Today’s article will do just that. I’ll look at direct materials…

Guest Article: How to Navigate 2024 with Confidence — Procurement’s “Words of the Year”

By Andrew Bartolini February 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…

NEW WEBINAR — How CPOs Can Unlock Financial Value with a Tech-Forward Approach

By John Yuva February 15, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and GEP on February 29th (2 PM ET) for a webcast on How CPOs Can Unlock Financial Value with a Tech-Forward Approach. The “year of efficiency” that…

Technology Round-Up — February 14, 2024

By John Yuva February 14, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Future of Work, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, 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 — Contract Lifecycle Management: A Different but Critical Procurement Technology

By Magnus Bergfors February 12, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has come a long way in the last 25 years or so. The technology started as simple databases where some key metadata was collected to enable…

Magnus Mondays: Don’t Believe the Hype! (Or at Least Apply Some Caution)

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

Back in 1996, Bill Gates wrote “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.…

Technology Round-Up — January 31, 2024

By John Yuva January 31, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider…

Magnus Mondays — Graphite Connect: Supplier Management, Network Style

By Magnus Bergfors January 29, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

As part of the Magnus Mondays series featuring the latest procurement technology trends and insights, we will also spotlight interesting briefings and updates that we receive from different solution providers…

Guest Article: 3 Best-Practice Tips for Running Procurement Auctions

By John Yuva January 24, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Blake Wetzel, CEO of AIQ, a leader in procurement consulting and e-auctions. AIQ provides an end-to-end service, from performing the spend…

Magnus Mondays: It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption

By Magnus Bergfors January 22, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

When I first started reading CPO Rising more than a decade ago, I remember Ardent’s founder and chief research officer, Andrew Bartolini, introducing the concept of eSourcing 2.0, which is…