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Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 3: Supplier Performance Management

By Magnus Bergfors September 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Three weeks ago, I started a series on the components of supplier management solutions. So far we’ve covered the platform capabilities (i.e., functionalities used across the other components/modules) and Supplier…

CPO Rising Listicle: 8 Reasons Why a CPO Needs a Strong Strategic Sourcing Operation

By Andrew Bartolini September 13, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, 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…

Procurement News — September 11, 2024

By John Yuva September 11, 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…

CPO Rising Listicle: Achieve Best-in-Class Vendor Management Performance with Six Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini September 6, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Strategy

NEW WEBINAR: The State of ePayables 2024: Money Never Sleeps

By Andrew Bartolini September 5, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In a 24/7/365 global business environment, where challenges from economic uncertainty, supply chain disruption, and changing technology continue to grow, cash management has never been more important, and that has…

Technology Round-Up — September 4, 2024

By John Yuva September 4, 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 — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 2: Supplier Information Management

By Magnus Bergfors September 3, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Last week we started a series of articles on supplier management. In that article, we covered some of the functionality that’s needed across all the components of supplier management. This…

Biggest Achievements for Procurement Over the Last 25 Years

By John Yuva August 30, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Strategy, Technology

When business historians reflect on the first quarter-century of the new millennium, the broad-based transformation that occurred within the average enterprise’s procurement department will be on the list of top…

Procurement News — August 28, 2024

By John Yuva August 28, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 1: Platform Capabilities

By Magnus Bergfors August 26, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Supplier management is a complex and critical activity for procurement organizations. A key problem is that many procurement professionals lack the tools needed to efficiently manage supplier relationships, information, performance,…