Technology Round-Up — February 5, 2025
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…
CPO Rising Listicle: Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing
Ardent Partners believes that there are “four pillars” that should serve as the foundation for any strategic sourcing program. These are the primary sub-process areas that drive all sourcing activity…
NEW WEBINAR: Beyond Automation: Procurement in the Fast Lane: Key Metrics for the CPO’s Dashboard
Join Ardent Partners and Ivalua on September 5th (10 AM ET) for a discussion on Beyond Automation: Procurement in the Fast Lane: Key Metrics for the CPO’s Dashboard. On the…
Ivalua NOW Dispatch #2: Strategic Roadmap (Source-to-Contract)
The Ardent Partners analyst team recently attended the 2024 Ivalua NOW: Procurement Re-Imaged conference in Miami. This event came on the heels of the company's slightly larger EMEA conference held…
Procurement 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 1): Global Economy, Procurement Automation, Digital Strategy
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Procurement-themed report, “Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions.” Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the…
Guest Article: How to Navigate 2024 with Confidence — Procurement’s “Words of the Year”
[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…
Technology Round-Up — February 14, 2024
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…
Will 2024 be the “Year of Intake Management and Procurement Process Orchestration?”
Happy New Year!! A once staid industry, the procurement technology market has experienced a rousing level of innovation over the past few years, with many new technologies hitting the market…
Best of 2023: CPO Rising 2023 — Turning Data into Intelligence Starts with Visibility
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2023 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year…
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…