Magnus Mondays — Don’t Over-Complicate Your CLM Implementation
A while back I wrote an article about Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) that looked at the two major parts of these solutions and why it’s so important to set a…
Technology Round-Up — February 5, 2025
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…
Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Make vs. Buy: Procurement Tech Edition
[**Today, we're running a "best of" Magnus Mondays post, reprising a popular topic of the series. Magnus returns next week with new content for February.] In a recent article, I…
Magnus Mondays — Charts, Ratings, Quadrants, and Classifications
So, apparently a popular (at least in some circles) figure in the procurement technology space retired last week. Dr. Elouise Epstein created the so-called spider chart back in 2017. I…
Guest Article: Layoffs Haven’t Worked. It’s Time to Try Something New.
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Blake Wetzel, CEO of AIQ, a leader in procurement consulting and e-auctions. AIQ provides an end-to-end service, from performing the spend…
Magnus Mondays — Four Things I Want to See in 2025
It’s January of 2025 and we’re back with a new Magnus Monday article! This time of the year there tends to be plenty of predictions flying around, so I thought…
Best of 2024: CPO Rising Listicle: Open Your Mind to New Technology (5 Reasons)
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. Fridays means that…
Best of 2024: eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. If you missed…
Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — The Two Levels of Supplier Management Tech
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Part Three: Expanding Procurement’s Influence — Connecting Strategy, Users, and Technology
Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Cast a Wider Net: Leveraging Innovation to Expand Procurement’s Influence and Impact, that shed light on how procurement can deliver greater value by focusing on…