spend management Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/spend-management/ Analyst-led research and intelligence for the procurement community. Tue, 19 May 2026 22:13:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cporising.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CPOR-Favicon-75x75.png spend management Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/spend-management/ 32 32 ProcureTech Pulse — May 20, 2026 https://cporising.com/2026/05/20/procuretech-pulse-may-20-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procuretech-pulse-may-20-2026 Wed, 20 May 2026 10:02:07 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55382 CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> ProcureTech Pulse — April 29, 2026 https://cporising.com/2026/04/29/procuretech-pulse-april-29-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procuretech-pulse-april-29-2026 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:12 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55314 CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> Redefining Procurement, AP, and Financial Control with Unified Orchestration https://cporising.com/2026/04/27/redefining-procurement-ap-and-financial-control-with-unified-orchestration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redefining-procurement-ap-and-financial-control-with-unified-orchestration Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:02:16 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55308 Last week, we explored how the relationship between procurement and accounts payable (AP) is undergoing a profound transformation. What was once viewed as a transactional, back-office function is rapidly becoming…

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]]> The Future of Spend Management: Connecting Procurement and AP Through End-to-End Orchestration https://cporising.com/2026/04/20/the-future-of-spend-management-connecting-procurement-and-ap-through-end-to-end-orchestration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-spend-management-connecting-procurement-and-ap-through-end-to-end-orchestration Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:02:38 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55264 The evolution of procurement and accounts payable (AP) has entered a critical new phase. For years, organizations regarded procurement and AP as separate operational domains, each with its own systems,…

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]]> ProcureTech Pulse — March 25, 2026 https://cporising.com/2026/03/25/procuretech-pulse-march-25-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procuretech-pulse-march-25-2026 https://cporising.com/2026/03/25/procuretech-pulse-march-25-2026/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:02:21 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55212 CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2026/03/25/procuretech-pulse-march-25-2026/feed/ 1 Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “Global Market Turbulence: Navigating the Economic Fog” https://cporising.com/2026/03/06/winning-2026-the-cpo-45-second-briefing-global-market-turbulence-navigating-the-economic-fog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winning-2026-the-cpo-45-second-briefing-global-market-turbulence-navigating-the-economic-fog Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:02:00 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55073 Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…

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]]> ProcureTech Pulse — February 25, 2026 https://cporising.com/2026/02/25/procuretech-pulse-feb-25-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=procuretech-pulse-feb-25-2026 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:02:09 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=55000 CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> ProcureTech Pulse — February 4, 2026 https://cporising.com/2026/02/04/technology-round-up-february-4-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-february-4-2026 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:02:23 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54883 CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> Technology Round-Up — October 15, 2025 https://cporising.com/2025/10/15/technology-round-up-october-15-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-october-15-2025 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:02:15 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=54549 CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Let’s Manage More Spend https://cporising.com/2025/02/24/magnus-mondays-lets-manage-more-spend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-lets-manage-more-spend Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:02:57 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53713 At Ardent Partners, we have researched procurement metrics and performance for almost 20 years (Andrew Bartolini started tracking it before he founded Ardent). One of the key metrics we follow…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — Build in Agility and Source More https://cporising.com/2025/02/17/magnus-mondays-build-in-agility-and-source-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-build-in-agility-and-source-more Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:02:01 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53695 The fact we are living in times of uncertainty should not have escaped anyone at this point. It’s been pointed out continually by pundits, with most CPOs aware of it…

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]]> Technology Round-Up — February 5, 2025 https://cporising.com/2025/02/05/technology-round-up-february-5-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-february-5-2025 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:02:35 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53662 CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> Technology Round-Up — August 14, 2024 https://cporising.com/2024/08/14/technology-round-up-august-14-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-august-14-2024 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:02:32 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=53094 CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — The Procurement Data Paradox https://cporising.com/2024/07/08/magnus-mondays-the-procurement-data-paradox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-the-procurement-data-paradox Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:02:29 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49522 “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…

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]]> Magnus Mondays — What About That Spend Visibility? https://cporising.com/2024/05/20/magnus-mondays-what-about-that-spend-visibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnus-mondays-what-about-that-spend-visibility Mon, 20 May 2024 10:02:50 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49351 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…

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]]> Coupa Inspire 2024: From BSM to Margin Multipliers https://cporising.com/2024/04/29/coupa-inspire-2024-from-bsm-to-margin-multipliers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coupa-inspire-2024-from-bsm-to-margin-multipliers Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:02:46 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=49259 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…

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]]> Technology Round-Up — February 14, 2024 https://cporising.com/2024/02/14/technology-round-up-february-14-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-february-14-2024 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:02:26 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=48939 CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management…

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]]> Technology Round-Up — January 31, 2024 https://cporising.com/2024/01/31/technology-round-up-january-31-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-round-up-january-31-2024 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:02:53 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=48857 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…

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