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Magnus Mondays — The Slow Evolution of eSourcing Is Finally Speeding Up
As I’ve mentioned before, my procurement technology career began years ago in eSourcing. I worked for a company called IBX (which was first acquired by Capgemini that later sold it... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Coupa Inspire 2024: From BSM to Margin Multipliers
Last week the Ardent Partners analyst team attended Coupa Inspire at the fashionable Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. According to Coupa, this was the largest Inspire so far... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Make vs. Buy: Procurement Tech Edition
Last week I tackled the question of what to do with a failed P2P implementation. This week I’ll be addressing another common question: Is it a good idea to build... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Is Your Application Really the Problem?
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... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: Zip — One App to Rule Them All?
We’ve written about intake management and procurement process orchestration (IM&PPO) a couple of times previously. It’s certainly a topic and solution set that is gathering a lot of interest from... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — GenAI Is Cool, but Should Everything be Automated?
If you haven’t heard about generative AI (GenAI), or even been pitched some type of it, then you’ve been hiding under a stone. There are dozens of articles describing GenAI,... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Why Is There No “Mega Vendor” in the Procurement Space?
During my years as an analyst, I’ve heard “We want to be the Salesforce of procurement” many times. Yet, procurement is one of the few spaces that lacks truly dominant... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: Ivalua Now 2024 — All in On Generative AI
Last week I attended my first solution provider conference (as an analyst) since COVID-19. Ivalua hosted the European edition of Ivalua Now in beautiful Versailles just outside Paris. According to... Read more
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Magnus Mondays — Category Management: All Talk No Action?
When I started in procurement in what feels like way too many years ago, it was as a buyer. A few years later I got a new title, strategic buyer!... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: Direct Materials P2P — Is That a Thing?
Today I’m wrapping up our mini-series on direct materials and what differentiates it from indirect by looking at the transactional side — also known as procure to pay (P2P). Because... Read more
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