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Inflation Through a Generational Lens: More Than Just Rising Prices and Shrinking Value?
January 19, 2023
What is the best way for procurement to deal with inflation and shrinkflation – generationally speaking?
What role have spreadsheets played in the “evolution of procurement technology?”
January 13, 2023
What role do spreadsheets play in the digital age? Are they a help or a hinderance? Do they impede end-user adoption, or can they strategically facilitate user buy-in?
Don’t Blame the Messenger (or The Category Manager!)
January 12, 2023
The process part of the "people, process, technology" equation is the missing bridge between people and technology.
Successful supply chain transformation comes down to knowing the difference between digitization and digitalization
January 5, 2023
Do you digitize or digitalize your supply chain? Your answer will make all the difference in the world.
Why should 2023 be the year we finally drop the word “purchasing” from our industry vocabulary?
January 4, 2023
Is it time to "retire" the word purchasing?
What Would a Procurement Advent Calendar Contain?
December 21, 2022
What would you want in a procurement Advent calendar?
How Has COVID Changed Our View of Contracts and Contract Management?
December 14, 2022
When it comes to better contracts and improving contract management is it a legal issue or a data issue?
The History of Coupa: A Tale of Two Industry Titans – Part 2
December 13, 2022
How do privately-owned eProcurement service providers deliver greater transformation success than publicly-owned providers?
The History of Coupa: Moving Procurement Practice Beyond Adjunct Complexity – Part 1 (Original Post Date: September 8th, 2008)
December 12, 2022
"COUPA SOFTWARE ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY THOMA BRAVO FOR $8 BILLION."
Procurement Insights 
Why – in the digital age, is onboarding suppliers still a problem?
January 24, 2023
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Why are the challenges with onboarding and proactively managing supplier and supplier risk in real time a problem?