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CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?
Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the... Read more
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CPO News – January 29, 2015
Editor’s note: there was so much news emanating from the procurement and supply management world this month that we decided to run two editions of Chief Procurement Officer News. Enjoy!... Read more
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Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part IV: Mobile Applications
CPO Rising is excited to publish an interesting series of articles focused on the evolution of technology solutions and automated platforms within the greater spend management spectrum. In each article,... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 6) – The Rubber Hits the Road
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his... Read more
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What Does 2015 Hold for Travel and Expense Management?
Frequent visitors to CPO Rising will know that the complex category of business travel has increasingly become a bigger line-item at the average enterprise. In fact, the current business travel... Read more
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CPO News – January 23, 2015
Editor’s note: A new year brings many new hires to the procurement and supply management world. CPO Rising (and Ardent Partners) would like to congratulate them all and wish them... Read more
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Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part III: Event Management
CPO Rising is excited to publish an interesting series of articles focused on the evolution of technology solutions and automated platforms within the greater spend management spectrum. In each article,... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – January 21, 2015
IQNavigator Expands European Operations with New Office in Germany On January 8, IQNavigator, the Colorado-based provider of Vendor Management Solutions (VMS), announced that it is opening a new office in Munich,... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 5) – Vendor Selection
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his... Read more
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On Cotton: Understanding Risks in the Global Supply Chain
[Publisher’s note: Supply risk is a beast that wears many suits. Today, we conclude our exclusive three-part series that examines the problem of human trafficking in the global cotton supply... Read more