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Talking Supplier Collaboration, Innovation, and Risk Management with Sue Welch, CEO of Bamboo Rose
Ardent Partners’ research analyst and editor at CPO Rising, Matthew York, recently interviewed Sue Welch, CEO of Bamboo Rose, a Boston-area digital marketplace that connects retail companies, suppliers, and third... Read more
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SyncFab Joins the Blockchain Community, Looks to Level the Playing Field for SMBs
As the sourcing and procurement industry goes, one of its many challenges is to find the best quality product or service from the best supplier for the lowest acceptable price... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: A Conversation with Andre Hoddevik, Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL
I recently had the opportunity to connect with Andre Hoddevik, the Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online), a European-based, non-profit international association whose purpose is to enable European... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – April 26, 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, or spend management... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 238: A Conversation with Colleen Tiner, SVP of Strategy at Beeline
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s edition features a conversation with Colleen Tiner, SVP of Strategy at Beeline, around the announcements and news... Read more
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Workplace Culture: The Top Barrier to the Future of Work
“How does work get done?” It’s the question that every business leader asks of him or her self, the greater enterprise, operational processes and systems, internal stakeholders/corporate functions, and, of... Read more
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Three More Non-Price Attributes to Source Better
Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is often much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, they often hear from business stakeholders that competitive sourcing is not the... Read more
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The Corcentric Brand Unification: Setting a Strategy for Future Growth
A few weeks ago, Corcentric announced that they were combining business operations with its parent company, AmeriQuest Business Services, under the Corcentric company name (read Ardent’s initial coverage of the announcement from... Read more
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Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Two: Early Engagement
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what is communicated during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never become a true... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Intelligent AP – Maximizing Big Data
The emergence of innovative technologies in recent years has the potential to radically alter the way business is done. And, as enterprises intensify their focus on optimizing internal processes, modern... Read more