Technology Round-Up – July 12, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
The Significance of Contract Management in Plugging Procurement’s Savings Leakage
Ardent Partners research consistently illustrates the value and necessity of leveraging effective people, processes, and technologies to drive the modern procurement organization. One such process, Contract Management, resides at the…
Technology Round-Up – June 28, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement
Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems…
Technology Round-Up – June 21, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – June 14, 2018
Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and payables…
The Consumerization of Procurement Technologies: A Hot Take on Some Hot Tech
In 2018, knowledge workers have arrived at an exciting juncture: a place where business and consumer technologies intersect with current procurement business technologies and emerging innovations. And it's creating a…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: ISM Refocuses its Global Approach
Ahead of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)’s 103rd annual conference that was held in Nashville, Tennessee last month, we sat down with Jim Barnes, ISM Managing Director, Customer Engagement,…
At ISM 2018 in Nashville, the Kids were Alright
At the Institute for Supply Management’s 103rd annual conference in Nashville last month, I was invited to attend a panel discussion featuring five 30-under-30 Rising Supply Chain Stars. The 30-under-30 “Rising Supply Chain Stars”…
Procurement Influencer Series: Steven Bowen, Founder and Chairman, Maine Pointe
Steven J. Bowen is an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in procurement, operations, and manufacturing consulting. In 2004, he founded Maine Pointe, a Boston-based procurement, logistics and…