Magnus Mondays — The Procurement Data Paradox
“Data is the new oil” has been spouted as a truism for a number of years. This is primarily due to the promises of all the nice things AI will…
Magnus Mondays — What About That Spend Visibility?
Last week OpenAI released its new flagship model GPT-4o (o is for omni, as in working across audio, visuals, and text at the same time). GenAI news and hype is…
CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 3
It's Friday, which means we're sharing 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 teams…
CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 1
It's Friday, which means we're sharing 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 teams improve…
Ardent Partners Hires Magnus Bergfors, former Gartner Analyst
[Publisher’s Note: It goes without saying that we're excited to make today’s announcement. I have known Magnus for more than a decade, first as the primary procurement analyst at rival…
Technology Round-Up — October 25, 2023
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider…
CPO Rising 2023: Procurement Complacency Risk
Today, we feature our ongoing coverage of this year's 18th-annual CPO-themed report, where my team and I continue our nearly two-decade-long dialogue with chief procurement officers (CPOs) and other procurement…
Technology Round-Up — August 30, 2023
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider…
CPO Rising 2023: Procurement’s Top Achievements in Last 25 Years (Part 2)
Today, we feature our ongoing coverage of this year's 18th-annual CPO-themed report, where my team and I continue our nearly two-decade-long dialogue with chief procurement officers (CPOs) and other procurement…
Procurement Experts on CPO Rising — Transformative Spend Analytics
Today, we look back at a “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series excerpt from an episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast featuring Jim Polak, former Director of General Purchasing at PPG…