Accounts Payable Expert Bob Cohen Joins Ardent Partners
[Publisher's Note: It goes without saying that we are absolutely thrilled to make today's announcement. I have known Bob Cohen for more than 12 years and have been thoroughly impressed…
CPO News – January 26, 2018
Welcome to the Winter 2017-2018 edition of CPO News! There are lots of stories to cover today, so grab yourself a cup of coffee and ease into the weekend with…
NEW Survey: The State of Procurement 2018 – Age of Intelligence
I am pleased to announce that the survey for our annual “State of Procurement and the CPO” report is now open. If you have 15 minutes to spare today or later this…
Procurement 2018: Big Trends & Predictions Webinar!
Are You Ready for 2018? The year ahead will present big challenges to the modern Chief Procurement Officer and every other contributor to a procurement operation. On January 30th at 2…
Determine: Enhancing P2P and More in 2018
Members of Ardent Partners’ analyst team took a briefing from the team at Determine covering the company’s recent procure-to-pay (P2P) product enhancements and its product roadmap for 2018. The briefing was…
The State of Procurement Technology in 2018 — Happening Now! (Webinar, 1/30)
What is The State of Procurement Technology in 2018? Join Ardent Partners' Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Research Analyst, Matt York, along with Zycus's Richard Waugh, on Tuesday, January 30 at 11:00…
Technology Round-Up – January 18, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…
Three Non-Price Attributes to Source Better
Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is often much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, they often hear from business stakeholders that competitive sourcing is not the…
Best of 2017: SAP Ariba Partners with IBM Emptoris to Bring Cognitive Procurement to the Masses
Editor’s Note: We’ve come to the end of our “best of” 2017 article series and are looking forward to the year ahead, particularly Andrew Bartolini’s annual CPO Rising benchmark research study.…
Best of 2017: CPO Rising 2017: Stepping Inside the Procurement Mindset
Editor’s Note: We’ve come to the end of our “best of” 2017 article series and are looking forward to the year ahead, particularly Andrew Bartolini's annual CPO Rising benchmark research study.…