February 10, 2016
Inertia takes many forms in the enterprise. One of the most subtle is hidden in the idea of always having done certain tasks a certain way. This is particularly true…
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February 9, 2016
Grahame Ball Joins Balfour Beatty as International Procurement Director In late January, Balfour Beatty, a UK-based construction and engineering firm focused on building infrastructure, hired Grahame Ball as its new International…
February 8, 2016
There is no doubt that the impact of globalization has affected the procurement function in a profound manner. From core sourcing principles to supplier management processes, the evolution of business…
February 5, 2016
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce the publication of The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and informative annual research…
February 4, 2016
Coupa Announces Contractually Acquisition Last week, Coupa, the California-based provider of spend management solutions for the cloud, provided Ardent Partners with a briefing on its recent acquisition of Contractually, the Vancouver, Canada-based…
February 4, 2016
Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. It is fitting that we commence this series…
February 3, 2016
The speed of business continues to accelerate while markets expand, shift, merge, and emerge at a pace never seen before. The result is a fast-moving and highly-competitive global marketplace that…
February 3, 2016
IBM completed its acquisition of Emptoris in February 2012, ostensibly to bolster its Smarter Commerce solution suite. There have been significant changes for Emptoris in the intervening years, and 2015…
February 2, 2016
Editor’s Note: Our annual CPO Rising survey is now open — The data we collect from the survey will fuel our “CPO Rising 2016” research report that will publish in March…
