Procurement won the argument | CPO Outlook 2026 14–15 October 2026 Hotel Birger Jarl, Stockholm The 23rd EBG | Network summit Operating model & category design Kraljic told purchasing to become strategic in 1983, and it worked — procurement owns more of the business than it ever has. The question nobody planned for is which […]
Zycus join CPO Outlook 2026 — and the question that follows agentic AI into the room
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 […]
Ivalua join CPO Outlook 2026 —bringing the foundations question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Ivalua back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm — an Expert organisation we have worked alongside since 2017. Here is why a company that spent a decade building the foundation, not the feature, is worth a conversation in the year everyone discovered agents. The thesis, before the praise. In […]
Coupa join CPO Outlook 2026 — bringing the autonomy question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Coupa back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm. Here’s why a company on a three-acquisition AI run is worth a conversation, not a logo. The thesis, before the praise. The interesting thing about Coupa’s last twelve months is not the acquisitions. It is the bet underneath them — that […]
EBG | Webinar: What Does Your AP System Know About Your Suppliers That You Don’t?
What if the most valuable supplier intelligence in your organization is already being collected – just trapped in the wrong department? EBG | Network and Medius invite you to explore how AI is creating a new bridge between finance operations and procurement strategy. Date: March 3rd, 2026 Time: 10:00-10:45 AM CET (we will extend the […]
EBG Xperience 2026: Leading Through Complexity is good
Nordic procurement leaders have been saying the same thing for fifteen years: too much administration, too reactive, not enough time for strategy and value creation. Technology has come and gone-process automation, system integration, RPA-yet the fundamental tension remains. This spring, we’re exploring whether the current moment might actually be different. Not because AI is magic, […]
AI in Procurement: The Nordic Wake-Up
Thriving Amid Disruption Means Starting Now Summary At CPO Outlook 2025, Suzana Drakulic from Google Workspace delivered a closing session that held a mirror up to Nordic procurement’s AI adoption journey. Her message was direct: the Nordics are lagging behind in AI adoption, and the cost of status quo is higher than most organizations calculate. […]
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 […]
What Procurement Leaders Actually Want to Fix: Patterns from the Technology Wish List
When you ask what single technology challenge they’d solve, procurement leaders reveal more about transformation barriers than any survey question could When we asked 58 procurement professionals at CPO Outlook 2025 to name the single technology challenge they would solve if they could, something unexpected happened. They didn’t describe aspirational capabilities or cutting-edge innovations. Instead, […]
Reinventing Procurement, Part 3: Turning Vision into Action
How to Start Constructing Strategic Procurement Identity Based on CPO Outlook 2025 Survey | 58 procurement leaders from 47 Nordic companies Analytical Note: Anna Bjärkerud, founder of EBG | Network, has a behavioral science-focused Bachelor’s degree. She focused on how social construction can help explain resistance to organizational change. This final article in the series […]