Eight More Reasons Why You Should Attend the CPO Rising 2016 Summit
The CPO Rising 2016 Summit is coming up in less than three weeks, and will be one of the year’s best opportunities for CPOs and other senior procurement professionals to…
Why Accounts Payable and Treasury are Natural Partners
The accounts payable (“AP”) team has, in recent years, taken on new importance to the enterprise as a source of financial and operational intelligence. The rich data that AP collects…
How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Spend Analysis and eSourcing
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process –…
Ardent Partners Welcomes John Zagata of Spectra Energy to CPO Rising 2016!
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…
P2P Tech Roundup – March 3, 2016
CPO Rising regularly collects and publishes P2P news stories and general announcements on the people, companies, and events that will have the biggest impact in the P2P and AP markets…
Technology Round-Up – March 3, 2016
Data Intensity Acquires Enrich, Inatech to Enhance Procurement Solutions On February 24, Bedford, MA-based Data Intensity, which provides cloud-based, managed, and professional services for Oracle implementation, announced that it has…
CPO Rising 2016 Summit: The Changing Role of the Chief Procurement Officer
The position of the chief procurement officer (“CPO”) in the modern enterprise is evolving. Much of this shift is caused by external factors, like a supply chain that is widening…
Why Managing Supplier Payments Matters
Efficiency rules in the modern business world, and cost savings are frequently one of the primary goals of executive leadership. As part of this objective to run an efficient organization,…
The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: Supply Risk Management (and last chance to download!)
Editor's Note: Today is your last chance to download Ardent Partners' The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and…
Technology Round-Up – February 25, 2016
SAP-Concur Extends its Managed Travel Program, TripLink, to French and German Markets On February 16, SAP, the parent company of travel and expense management solution provider, Concur, announced that it is extending its managed…