IM&PPO Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/imppo/ Analyst-led research and intelligence for the procurement community. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:52:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cporising.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CPOR-Favicon-75x75.png IM&PPO Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/imppo/ 32 32 Best of 2025: Part Two: Scale New Heights — How Technology is Transforming Spend Management https://cporising.com/2026/01/23/best-of-2025-part-two-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-2025-part-two-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:02:17 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54806 Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2025 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2026. Did you miss…

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]]> Best of 2025: Part One: Scale New Heights — How Technology is Transforming Spend Management https://cporising.com/2026/01/05/best-of-2025-part-one-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-2025-part-one-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:02:02 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54804 Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2025 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2026. Did you miss…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Zip Forward Europe 2025: Risk Orchestration in the Limelight https://cporising.com/2025/04/07/magnus-mondays-zip-forward-europe-2025-risk-orchestration-in-the-limelight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-zip-forward-europe-2025-risk-orchestration-in-the-limelight Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:02:08 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54094 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending Zip’s inaugural European version of its user conference, Zip Forward. Held in London, the one-day event hosted more than 200 attendees from…

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]]> Part Two: Scale New Heights — How Technology is Transforming Spend Management https://cporising.com/2025/03/21/part-two-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-two-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:02:23 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54043 Did you miss Ardent Partners’ recent webinar, Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology, that shed light on reaching the next level of procurement performance by building a…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Ivalua Now EMEA 2025 — Realistic Innovations https://cporising.com/2025/03/17/magnus-mondays-ivalua-now-emea-2025-realistic-innovations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-ivalua-now-emea-2025-realistic-innovations Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:02:13 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54038 My 2025 conference season kicked off last week with Ivalua Now EMEA. The conference took place in central Paris at the Carrousel De Louvre, a larger venue than last year,…

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]]> Part One: Scale New Heights — How Technology is Transforming Spend Management https://cporising.com/2025/03/14/part-one-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-one-scale-new-heights-how-technology-is-transforming-spend-management Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:02:10 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53771 Did you miss Ardent Partners’ recent webinar, Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology, that shed light on reaching the next level of procurement performance by building a…

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]]> NEW WEBINAR: Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology https://cporising.com/2025/02/14/new-webinar-scale-new-heights-improve-performance-by-optimizing-your-procurement-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-webinar-scale-new-heights-improve-performance-by-optimizing-your-procurement-technology Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:02:19 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53691 Join Ardent Partners and Zip on February 26th (2 PM ET) as they discuss Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology. Getting to the next level of…

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]]> Part Three: Expanding Procurement’s Influence — Connecting Strategy, Users, and Technology https://cporising.com/2024/12/20/part-three-expanding-procurements-influence-connecting-strategy-users-and-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-three-expanding-procurements-influence-connecting-strategy-users-and-technology Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:02:36 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53473 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…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Flexibility or Control? Why Not Both? https://cporising.com/2024/11/18/magnus-mondays-flexibility-or-control-why-not-both/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-flexibility-or-control-why-not-both Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:02:12 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53411 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…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Zip Forward 2024 — When Procurement Flows, Business Flows https://cporising.com/2024/09/30/magnus-mondays-zip-forward-2024-when-procurement-flows-business-flows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-zip-forward-2024-when-procurement-flows-business-flows Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:02:04 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53264 Last week I had the pleasure of attending Zip’s annual user conference Zip Forward. It was hosted at the iconic SF Jazz in central San Francisco. It marked my second…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — A Couple of Truths on IM&PPO and S2P Solutions https://cporising.com/2024/08/12/a-couple-of-truths-on-imppo-and-s2p-solutions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-couple-of-truths-on-imppo-and-s2p-solutions Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:02:29 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53085 This summer I’ve done considerable research into the Intake Management and Procurement Process Orchestration (IM&PPO) space. It’s a relatively new and exciting area and an example of the resurgence of…

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]]> NEW WEBINAR: Beyond Automation: How Intake & Orchestration Can Help Procurement Win in 2024 https://cporising.com/2024/07/17/new-webinar-beyond-automation-how-intake-orchestration-can-help-procurement-win-in-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-webinar-beyond-automation-how-intake-orchestration-can-help-procurement-win-in-2024 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:02:10 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49482 Join Ardent Partners and ZIP on July 31st (2 PM ET) for a webcast on Beyond Automation: How Intake & Orchestration Can Help Procurement Win in 2024. Driving more spend…

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]]> Procurement 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 2): AI Reality, AI Governance, and IM&PPO in 2024 https://cporising.com/2024/06/07/procurement-2024-big-predictions-part-2-ai-reality-ai-governance-and-imppo-in-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procurement-2024-big-predictions-part-2-ai-reality-ai-governance-and-imppo-in-2024 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:02:30 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49312 [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…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Is Your Application Really the Problem? https://cporising.com/2024/04/15/magnus-mondays-is-your-application-really-the-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-is-your-application-really-the-problem Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:02:26 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49176 As a long-time procurement technology analyst, one of the most frequent questions posed to me is what solution an organization should pick after a previous failed implementation. Or, in other…

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