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Dinner, Drinks, and……. A Roundtable on Sourcing Success
Dinner, Drinks, and a Movie Roundtable on Sourcing Success – what could be better? One of the first reports that we published at Ardent Partners, Sourcing in the 2010’s: The... Read more
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More Predictions for the New Decade – Reprise
The next five My Predictions for the New Decade Part 2 Next generation supply management solutions will drive advances far beyond those achieved in the last decade. The critical value... Read more
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Predictions for the New Decade (1-5) – Reprise
A few predictions for this decade… For many years now, the arrival of every new calendar sends me into a list-making frenzy that consumes several weeks as I work to... Read more
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Embedded – Reprise
Another big procurement issue is how to collaborate and engage with the business. This article looks at one way strategy that can help achieve both: Today we will focus on... Read more
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Master Data Mastery – Strategies to Improve Procurement Performance
I’ve said it before: The world is becoming more and more data driven. The enterprise is also becoming more and more data driven – whether it is strategic planning or... Read more
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Webinar: Five New Year’s Resolutions for More Effective T&E Management
Over the years, my supply management research has, at times, taken a process focus or a technology focus or an industry focus or a regional focus or a role focus.... Read more
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Aligning Processes and Systems II – Reprise
More on the universal challenge of properly aligning processes and systems… When you talk to procurement organizations large and small about the primary challenges that impede that group’s ability to... Read more
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Aligning Processes and Systems I – Reprise
Traded comments this week with a friend of the site, where I made the point that many challenges facing procurement departments are universal – for both large and small enterprises.... Read more
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CPOs: Think Globally, Network Locally – Reprise
Since this article’s first run, Boston CPOs have begun meeting on occasion. How about the CPOs in other major cities/regions? The CPOs in the Bay Area have an informal group... Read more
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The Gold Standard – Reprise
Among other topics, Ardent Partners’ upcoming report The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews tackles the big issue of procurement performance measurement. This article looks at a golden... Read more