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NEW WEBINAR: AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024)

By John Yuva November 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Medius on December 4th (2 PM ET) as they discuss AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024). This webinar will tell…

Magnus Mondays — Flexibility or Control? Why Not Both?

By Magnus Bergfors November 18, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For the last decade or so, the go-to solution for automating the Procure to Pay (P2P) process has been … wait for it … P2P suites. The P2P process covers…

What Does “Team” Mean for Procurement in a FOW-Led World?

By John Yuva November 15, 2024Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

What does the concept of “team” mean for procurement in today’s remote and hybrid enterprises? Many workplaces continue to operate with dispersed teams. With the criticality of teamwork to execute…

Procurement News — November 13, 2024

By John Yuva November 13, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…

Magnus Mondays — Why Not Generative AI?

By Magnus Bergfors November 11, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

Like most of us in the procurement tech world, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about generative AI (GenAI) lately. While some critical voices have started to make themselves heard,…

CPO Rising Listicle: Best-in-Class AP Operations Benefit the CFO in Six Ways

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

NEW WEBINAR: Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact

By John Yuva November 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events

Join Ardent Partners and ORO Labs on November 21st (11 AM ET) for a discussion on Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact. If granted…

Magnus Mondays — Feature, Product, or Company?

By Magnus Bergfors November 4, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

When I joined Ardent Partners a year ago, my very first article was about the proliferation of procurement solutions. My experience at the DPW conference and, perhaps to a lesser…

Technology Round-Up — October 30, 2024

By John Yuva October 30, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, 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…

Magnus Mondays — Services and CoEs in a Next-Gen Procurement Tech World

By Magnus Bergfors October 28, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

During the last couple of weeks, I’ve attended a few great conferences (shoutout to Zip, Keelvar, DPW and SAP). Several discussions and observations from these conferences point to how the…