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Vendor Management Remains Core to Enterprise Innovation

By John Yuva November 1, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

In today’s world where globalization and innovation are critical to competitive survival, chief procurement officers rely on supplier specialization more than ever. Never have suppliers been more consequential and with…

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 3: Supplier Performance Management

By Magnus Bergfors September 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Three weeks ago, I started a series on the components of supplier management solutions. So far we’ve covered the platform capabilities (i.e., functionalities used across the other components/modules) and Supplier…

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 2: Supplier Information Management

By Magnus Bergfors September 3, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Last week we started a series of articles on supplier management. In that article, we covered some of the functionality that’s needed across all the components of supplier management. This…

Magnus Mondays — The Two Levels of Supplier Management Tech

By Magnus Bergfors July 1, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Supplier management is one of the most critical aspects of procurement. But as is the case with a lot of areas within procurement, it’s complex. One of the biggest issues…

Magnus Mondays — Direct Materials Supplier Management Presents a Critical but Disjointed Solution Landscape

By Magnus Bergfors February 26, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In last week’s article, we looked at what makes direct materials special and their unique established requirements, particularly when focusing on eSourcing. In today’s article, we continue to investigate direct…

Guest Article: How to Navigate 2024 with Confidence — Procurement’s “Words of the Year”

By Andrew Bartolini February 16, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[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…

CPO Rising Listicle: Revisiting This Year’s Top Barriers to CPO Success

By Andrew Bartolini December 8, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

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…

Ardent Partners Hires Magnus Bergfors, former Gartner Analyst

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Procurement Rising, Strategy, Technology

[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…

CPO Rising Listicle: Top Barriers to CPO Success in 2023

By Andrew Bartolini June 30, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Process, Strategy

Vendor Management 101: The Basics

By John Yuva February 13, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology