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Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 2) – Boldness
Publisher’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs... Read more
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Procurement’s Performance Plateau: The Results Are In
Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300... Read more
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Supply Risk Management: A Best-in-Class Value Driver
While cutting costs, increasing savings, and pulling more spend under management is, collectively, a well-worn path for procurement to drive performance, a road less-traveled is through effective supply risk management (SRM).... Read more
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The Future of Work Meets “Game of Thrones”
While today’s article is a fun mashup of the most popular show on television and parallels to the world of business, we do have to be respectful of those who... Read more
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Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 1) – Innovation
Publisher’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skills Do CPOs Want More?
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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New Report from Ardent Partners, CPO Rising 2019, Available Now!
Publisher’s Note: This report is no longer available for download. If you enjoy our research be sure to register for our upcoming webinar, The CPO’s Metrics that Matter in 2019,... Read more
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The Importance of SOW Management and Services Procurement in Today’s Evolving World of Work
It has been said here on CPO Rising and in Ardent’s research that there is an inherent link between contingent workforce management (CWM) and the Future of Work, attributed to... Read more
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Insights from CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — New Webinar from Ardent Partners!
CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion is the research project that just keeps on giving…. Join Ardent Partners’ Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Xeeva’s Director of Product Marketing, Jessica... Read more
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Strategies to Navigate the Procurement Technology Landscape
A critical part of any procurement automation initiative is finding the solution or solutions that meet the organization’s requirements. Before getting to the ‘solution selection’ stage however, an organization should... Read more