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Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2014Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire…

SMB Events Management: How to Develop an Effective Program

By Christopher Dwyer May 26, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Strategy

At CPO Rising, we’ve taken the time over the past year to highlight the various components of modern complex spend management. Each spend category within this greater banner (travel, meetings,…

What Will Take You “Swifter, Higher, Faster” in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The XXII Winter Games are still going strong in Sochi, Russia and will continue through this Sunday. I must admit that I have not watched as much as I would…

CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer November 22, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

The team here at CPO Rising is always particularly interested in the future of the spend management industry. It’s exciting to think of the new technologies, new solutions and new…

GEP Gets SMART with Its Solution Suite (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini November 14, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

GEP, the longstanding industry provider of procurement services and solutions, announced last week the launch of “SMART by GEP,” what the company is calling “the first unified sourcing and procurement…

GEP Gets SMART with Its Solution Suite (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

GEP, the longstanding industry provider of procurement services and solutions, announced on Tuesday the launch of "SMART by GEP," what the company is calling "the first unified sourcing and procurement…

BravoSolution and Basware Form Global Partnership to Attack the Source-to-Pay Market

By Andrew Bartolini September 18, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

After months of work at the executive levels within each company, BravoSolution and Basware yesterday announced the formation of a new global partnership that will be focused on jointly attacking the…

Spend and Sourcing Analytics: Gateway to Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini August 7, 2013Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The summer of 2013 is the “Summer of Sourcing” on CPO Rising, as we deliver a slew of sourcing-related articles on a wide variety of topics that fall under the…

The State of Strategic Sourcing 2013

By Andrew Bartolini August 5, 2013Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We're pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' State of Strategic Sourcing Report 2013 is now available. Subtitled: "Speed is Good, Agility is Better," this research report dives deep into the…

Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part I

By Andrew Bartolini July 29, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

Our “Summer of Sourcing" is picking up steam, we hope you're enjoying it. One apex this summer will be when we cap off this week's stories with the publication of…