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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Walter Charles of Biogen
Walter Charles III is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Biogen. As the article below highlights, he is also a highly-successful innovator who has consistently over-delivered in every procurement role that... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ – Part I
Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity... Read more
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Supplier Performance and Risk Management – Bosom Buddies
Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – October 12, 2017
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another 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... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 217: The Agility Episode
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s main topic of discussion is business agility and how today, more than ever before, enterprises are striving... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Chris Shanahan of BD – Part II
I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade, and I am beyond thrilled to welcome him to Boston in November as one of our keynote speakers... Read more
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The Top Ten Reasons to Attend the CPO Rising 2017 Summit
There is now one month until The CPO Rising 2017 Summit, Ardent Partners’ annual procurement symposium. Have you registered yet? There are only a few days left to take advantage... Read more
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CPO News – October 6, 2017
Former Atlanta CPO Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Accepted Bribes In April, we brought you a story out of Atlanta concerning Adam Smith, the former Chief Procurement Officer who was terminated... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – October 5, 2017
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another 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... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 216: The Link Between Contingent Workforce Management and the Future of Work
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast not only teases some early research findings from the upcoming State of Contingent Workforce Management 2017-2018 research study, but also... Read more