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Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — Navigating the Raw Essentials: A Primer on Direct Materials

By Magnus Bergfors December 23, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…

Part Three: Expanding Procurement’s Influence — Connecting Strategy, Users, and Technology

By John Yuva December 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact, that shed light on how procurement can deliver greater value by focusing on…

Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — Why Is There No “Mega Vendor” in the Procurement Space?

By Magnus Bergfors December 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year…

Part Two: Expanding Procurement’s Influence — Bridging Complexity with Orchestration

By John Yuva December 13, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Procurement News — December 11, 2024

By John Yuva December 11, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Contingent Workforce Weekly, Future of Work, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

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 — 2024: The Year in Review

By Magnus Bergfors December 9, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

While the year is not officially over until a few more weeks, we are getting closer to the holidays, and this will be the last Magnus Monday article for this…

Part One: Expanding Procurement’s Influence — A Balance of Challenges and Innovation

By John Yuva December 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Featured, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Technology Round-Up — December 4, 2024

By John Yuva December 4, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, 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 — Random Winter Rants

By Magnus Bergfors December 2, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Here in Sweden, we are heading into the winter months, with our first snow occurring last week. As we get closer to the holiday season, I thought I’d treat you…

Black Friday – Retail Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder

By Andrew Bartolini November 29, 2024Articles, Events

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…