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August 18, 2011

Savings and Everything After

Dateline Boston 2011: Analyst firm, Ardent Partners’ recent research shows that savings is the top business pressure driving Chief Procurement Officers to perform… Stop the Presses![i] Yes, it is true.... Read more
August 11, 2011

State of the CPO – Reporting Structure

Our “State of the Chief Procurement Officer” discussion, focusing on Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, continues today. It is no accident... Read more
August 9, 2011

The State of the CPO – 2011

Amidst two other series – CPOs on the Rise and Adoption – we will also dedicate several articles to discussing Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas... Read more
August 4, 2011

Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners’ recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process “which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,... Read more
July 26, 2011

1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners

Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This... Read more
July 22, 2011

CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning

The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also... Read more
July 14, 2011

CPOs on the Rise: Executive Q&A

Somehow, I have been sitting on this discussion with a global procurement leader for far too long. I share with you now, the verbatim Q&A conducted several months ago. How has... Read more
July 12, 2011

CPOs on the Rise: Q&A with Luca Guzzaboca

Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE and Security Management at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (of the Montepaschi Group) has returned with us today to join... Read more
June 23, 2011

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 2)

Today we have part two of a profile of “friend of the site,” Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat. Part one is here. In 2002, Air... Read more
June 21, 2011

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 1)

Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat, is our latest “CPO on the Rise in 2011” who helped build a procurement department and then develop its strategy... Read more