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Procurement Influencer Series: Steven Bowen, Founder and Chairman, Maine Pointe
Steven J. Bowen is an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in procurement, operations, and manufacturing consulting. In 2004, he founded Maine Pointe, a Boston-based procurement, logistics and... Read more
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The Real Value of Today’s Contingent Workforce
The world of work is changing. Transformational thinking is happening within today’s enterprises as the Future of Work, Gig Economy, and other market shifts are occurring. One of the most... Read more
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Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Seven: Proactive and Ongoing Supplier Outreach
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what you communicate during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Tradeshift Introduces Supply Chain Finance Using Blockchain Technology
[Editor’s Note: Last week Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Research Director, Bob Cohen, met with Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng to discuss his company’s new announcement related to blockchain... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – May 31, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,... Read more
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New World of Work, New World of Talent (New Report!)
It is no secret that the world of work is changing…it is evolving. The consumerization of business (and the new platforms that have been developed to support this market shift)... Read more
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What’s Cyber Security Got to do with it? Former CIA and NSA Directors Discuss at ISM 2018 – Part II
On Day 2 of the Institute for Supply Management’s 103rd annual conference, ISM CEO, Tom Derry, hosted a panel on the topic of cyber security, globalization, and supply chain risk management. The... Read more
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Happy Memorial Day From Ardent Partners
Memorial Day in the United States has different meanings for different people. For many, it is a weekend to reflect on the sacrifices made by the men and women of... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: AvidXchange’s B2B Payments Revolution
AvidXchange held its annual user conference, Revolution 2018, in Chicago last week and we both attended the full conference and the pre-conference partner meetings. AvidXchange, a North Carolina-based provider of invoice automation... Read more
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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – May 24, 2018
Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and payables... Read more