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Procurement Performance in 2022
The previous three years have put chief procurement officers and their performance to the ultimate test. This year’s CPO Rising 2022 Report looked again at procurement performance and identified two... Read more
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Introducing Arkestro and Predictive Procurement Orchestration
Conference season is upon us and my team and I will be slowly wading back into the waters for the first time since the shutdown. Trip #1 for me was... Read more
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The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
The Intersection of Data and Sourcing Prior to my time as an analyst, I was a strategic sourcing consultant, or more specifically, an eSourcing consultant, since I always used an... Read more
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Use Cases for Data and Intelligent Procurement
Ardent Partners’ 17th annual State of Procurement report — CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution — is coming soon and I want to thank the 350+ procurement leaders who’ve taken... Read more
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Technology Round-up – February 18, 2022
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few major announcements from 2022. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management... Read more
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The Path to Spend Enlightenment
The path to true “spend enlightenment” is not merely paved with standard spend analysis. In fact, those organizations seeking to adopt next-generation spend analysis strategies must adapt to a changing... Read more
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The Real Value of Spend Analytics
At its core, spend analysis systems offer a fundamental series of benefits that can positively impact the procurement organizations that choose to leverage these solutions, including: Spend visibility – The... Read more
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NEW WEBINAR – Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (and Performance)
Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (& Performance) Click Here to Register CPO in 2021 are facing greater pressure to hit or exceed performance targets amidst a... Read more
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Next-Generation Spend Analysis: Digging Deeper
If you read my article last week, I talked about how the next path to procurement performance improvement will be blazed with the next generation of spend analytics and data-driven... Read more
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Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Spend Analytics
There may be no greater advantage for the modern enterprise than visibility. Today’s procurement organizations are often under pressure to not only drive down costs while improving category management, but... Read more