Magnus Mondays: It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption
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…
Magnus Mondays: What’s in Store for 2024
As we close in on the end of the year and I settle in at Ardent Partners, I wanted to take a moment to look toward 2024. Rather than an…
Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Five: The Final Factors
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve discussed the question of suites vs. specialists in the procurement technology space. As I mentioned in the first article, it’s not an either/or…
Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Four: How Your Spend Profile Impacts Your Strategy
Over the last couple of weeks, we have published a series of articles on the topic of solution suites vs. specialist providers in the procurement technology space. In the first…
Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Three: I Wish I Was Special
In part 1 of this series, we introduced and framed the familiar topic of suites vs. specialists in the procurement solutions space. And last week in part 2, we looked…
Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part Two (Home Suite Home)
In last week’s article, we kicked off our discussion on suites vs. specialist providers by discussing the primary considerations in setting an overall procurement technology strategy. Generally, it is not…
Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part One (Framing the Decision)
A question that keeps coming up in the procurement world is: What is the better technology strategy, investing in a broader suite (think source-to-pay) or a collection of specialist providers?…
Magnus Mondays: The Proliferation of Procurement Solutions
A little more than a decade ago when I joined Gartner and started out as an analyst, there were basically a handful of vendors that mattered and another handful that…
CPO Rising Listicle: Replacing an Incumbent Supplier? Here are Six Considerations
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…
CPO Rising Listicle: Every CPO Is Facing Three BIG Questions
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…