From CPO to CEO: Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses His Career Path
In the past, I have written several articles focused one CPO’s "rise" – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Zycus
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
Announcing The CPO Rising 2020 Digital Summit
We are pleased to announce that Ardent Partners will host the CPO Rising Digital Summit on November 17th and 18th. This streamlined event will feature several leading Chief Procurement Officers, other global…
Best in Class AP Performance: The Value of Straight-Through Processing
For over a decade, Ardent Partners has conducted an in-depth market research study of the accounts payable (“AP”) market that leverages a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (which…
Strategies to Navigate the Technology Landscape
Lack of automation across core process areas leaves procurement organizations susceptible to the failures of the past and constrains each group’s ability to gain and maintain credibility and optimize operations…
The Art and Science of Procurement Performance
Our ongoing Throwback Thursday series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written continues today with another look at CPO Rising 2016: The Art and…
AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade
In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s…
The CPO’s Approach to Supply Risk
Ardent Partners, the established leader in supply management market research, has identified unprecedented levels of risk across the vastly complex and highly interconnected supply chains that drive and support the…
Four Factors Influencing The Adoption of ePayables Technology
There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory…
Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies – A Series Introduction
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has been writing about procurement people, processes, technologies, and industry best practices that have helped to propel the profession forward even before the firm’s creation.…