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November 28, 2012

CPO Rising’s Plans for 2013

Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the new year just around the corner, we... Read more
November 26, 2012

CPO Rising’s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis

As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO... Read more
November 6, 2012

Career Spotlight: From CPO to COO

Tim Cook is not the only executive who has had a successful career after first being a Chief Procurement Officer. Ardent Partners’ upcoming report, CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score (coming... Read more
October 31, 2012

Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption

As we’ve been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we’ve been a little slower with articles these past two weeks – we will be back in... Read more
October 12, 2012

On a Quest: SciQuest Buys Spend Radar – Instant Analysis

In its quest to offer a comprehensive supply management suite AND shift its market focus into the private sector, SciQuest (Ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions completed... Read more
August 28, 2012

Survey is LIVE for “CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score”

I’d like to announce that we have just launched the survey to our major CPO-focused research effort for 2012. Starting today, you have a chance to participate in this survey... Read more
July 27, 2012

Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (II)

Yesterday, in Part One of this story, we provided some background and then outlined the news from SciQuest (Ticker: SQI) that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Contract... Read more
July 26, 2012

Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (I)

On Tuesday, after the market closed, SciQuest (ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Upside Software Inc. (“Upside”),... Read more
June 21, 2012

M & A(riba) – SAP’s Big Bet

Building on our “instant analysis” of SAP’s multi-billion dollar bid for Ariba, we’ve now come back with a comprehensive report that covers the deal in greater detail. For those of... Read more
May 25, 2012

Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers

We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a... Read more