Zycus is among the expert organisations at CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October at Hotel Birger Jarl in Stockholm, hosting a roundtable across both discussion sessions on Day 1. They arrive from a year in which they put a considerable amount of research into the market. So, the observation before the welcome: the question in the room […]
EBG | Insight: The most powerful force for sustainability? Your supply chain.
Ten years after their first interview, EcoVadis co-founder and co-CEO Pierre-François Thaler is interviewed by Anna Bjärkerud, EBG on what they’ve built — and where the market is heading. When EcoVadis first joined an EBG conference in 2016 — the year sustainability became a fixed part of EBGs agenda — the state of the art […]
More Responsibility. Less Control. Faster Change.
EBG | Xperience Stockholm 2026 brought thirty procurement leaders together at Scandic Grand Central for a focus day on AI, risk, leadership and transformation. The day’s red thread, set out at the opening: more responsibility, less control, faster change. Three expert organizations — Coupa, Accenture and IntegrityNext — opened the day with views from the […]
The New Engine in the Old Factory — and Why Change Is Harder Than It Looks
There is a statistic circulating right now that keeps coming back: ninety-five percent of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable financial impact. Not because the technology doesn’t work. Because deploying it in a way that delivers results turns out to be an organizational challenge, not a technical one. At EBG | Network, we have […]
EBG | Play: What Does Your AP System Know About Your Suppliers That You Don’t?
Webinar recap: Fredrik Rydqvist from Medius on why the invoice might be the most underused data source in procurement The starting point: one step no supplier ever skips Every step in the source-to-pay process can be bypassed. Requisitions get skipped. POs forgotten. Contracts ignored. Receipts go missing. But there’s one step no supplier ever skips: […]
Procurement Professionals on Easing Workload and Driving Impact
Analysis of CPO Outlook 2025 Open-Ended Survey Responses | EBG Network When asked what would most help ease their workload or make their role more impactful, procurement professionals offered candid responses that reveal both persistent frustrations and clear pathways forward. What emerges from these responses is not a list of complaints but rather a coherent […]
Why Data Quality Keeps Appearing in Every Transformation Conversation
From CPO Outlook survey responses to workshop mapping exercises, data challenges emerge as the persistent barrier beneath every other transformation struggle Something interesting happened when we aggregated findings from CPO Outlook 2025 in Stockholm and EBG | Xperience events across three Nordic cities. Different questions, different formats, different participants – yet the same fundamental issue […]
What Procurement Data Showed Us at CPO Outlook 2025
Procurement at an Inflection Point: Insights from The Hackett Group at CPO Outlook 2025 At CPO Outlook 2025, Vicky Kavan from The Hackett Group delivered a keynote that captured both the speed of global change and the structural realities inside procurement teams. Her message connected Hackett’s global data with what Nordic leaders experience every day. […]
Bridging the Functional Divide: How Procurement Navigates Cross-Functional Expectations
In October 2025, procurement leaders from across the Nordics gathered at the CPO Outlook 2025 summit in Stockholm to discuss the evolving challenges facing their function. The summit, held on October 15-16, brought together senior leaders from major organizations including NCC, Scania, Länsförsäkringar, Handelsbanken, Equinor, Solar, and Essity. Through surveys conducted from September through November […]
CPO Outlook 2025 | Performing While Transforming – A Vision for 2040
A Reflective Close to Day 1 The first day of CPO Outlook 2025 ended as it began — with realism and courage. After a full day of data, debate, and lived experience, the final session invited delegates to pause and look forward. The goal was not philosophy but perspective: to acknowledge how much is changing […]