Magnus Mondays — Do We Need a Sourcing Toolbox?
Recently, I’ve talked about the need to manage and source more spend— and source it more frequently. And last year, I wrote an article about innovations in sourcing and how…
Magnus Mondays — Four Things I Want to See in 2025
It’s January of 2025 and we’re back with a new Magnus Monday article! This time of the year there tends to be plenty of predictions flying around, so I thought…
Best of 2024: eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. If you missed…
Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — Why Is There No “Mega Vendor” in the Procurement Space?
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…
Magnus Mondays — Random Winter Rants
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…
Magnus Mondays — Services and CoEs in a Next-Gen Procurement Tech World
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…
eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024
If you missed yesterday's webinar "Sprint to Sourcing Gold: Optimize Your Procurement Strategy," I emphasized the critical importance that eSourcing technology plays in a strategic sourcing program when it comes…
Announcing Ardent Partners’ 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor Report
We are happy to announce the official launch of Ardent Partners' 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor report. This is a report designed to guide sourcing and procurement teams through the…
Magnus Mondays — The Proliferation of eSourcing
A couple of months ago I wrote an article on innovation in the eSourcing space. New (relatively at least) solution providers like Globality, Pactum, Arkestro, and Fairmarkit have entered the…
Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption
[**Over the next few weeks, we'll be running "best of" Magnus Mondays posts, reprising some of the most popular topics of the series. Magnus returns with new content in August.]…