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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#17 – Supply Chain Resilience)
We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the... Read more
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2020 Vision: SpendHQ’s New Spend Analysis Tool for the New Decade
The Ardent Partners team recently took a briefing from SpendHQ, the Atlanta-based provider of spend analysis SaaS solutions for procurement. On the call from SpendHQ were David Bush, chief revenue officer,... Read more
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Ardent Partners Launches MSP Advisor Report
New Study Addresses Managed Service Provider (MSP) Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, March 12, 2020 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new Managed Service Provider... Read more
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NEW Survey: The State of Procurement 2020 – Strategic Vision for the New Decade
I am pleased to announce that the survey for our annual “State of Procurement and the CPO” report is now open. If you have 15 minutes to spare today or later this... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 430: What’s the Workforce Impact of COVID-19?
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline. This week’s episode addresses the current and possible workforce ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak, including how... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#15 – Sustainability)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 429: A Conversation with Kevin Poll, Head of Enterprise Innovation, The Mom Project
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline, features a conversation with Kevin Poll, Head of Enterprise Innovation at The Mom Project. Kevin and I... Read more
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Why Do Businesses Continue to Fear the AI Revolution?
There’s a moment in the latest trailer for season three of HBO’s sci-fi/drama series Westworld in which two seemingly-villainous omni-intelligent humanoid robots set stage to duel, the backdrop of a... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#14 – Digitization)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#13 – Monetization / Value Creation)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more