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Guest Article: The New Rules of Procurement Engagement

By John Yuva April 24, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…

Coupa Inspire at 10

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2023Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Future of Work, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, thousands of procurement, supply chain, and finance professionals descended on Las Vegas for an event that has become as large and as important as any in the procurement…

CPO Rising Listicle: Seven Success Factors for a Procurement Transformation

By Andrew Bartolini March 17, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Fridays (in 2023) means that it’s time for 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…

Contract Analytics: A View into Value, Risk, and Opportunity

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Technology

Automated contract management solutions that feature robust analytics and reporting tools can help procurement organizations offset staff shortages, perform more of the “heavy lifting” needed to manage and search through…

CPO Rising Listicle: Six Recommendations to Mitigate Supplier Risk

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2023Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising Listicle: Five Benefits of Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Now is a Great Time for a Procurement Tune-Up

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva January 30, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

The early part of each new year brings with it an opportunity for evaluation and reflection. The majority of Chief Procurement Officers have spent the past year driving their teams…

Black Friday Starts Today!

By Andrew Bartolini November 23, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

Simfoni’s Sweet Music

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva November 18, 2022Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

At the start of 2022, digital procurement solution provider, Simfoni announced that it had acquired EC Sourcing Group, a longstanding and prominent provider of strategic sourcing solutions. The deal enables the…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P

By John Yuva November 11, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process –…