Monday First Thing: The Metrics that Matter in 2019
I hope that even casual readers of this site know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts…
Throwback Thursday: Final Thoughts on Corporate Culture and Technology Adoption
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Monday First Thing: A Brief History of Procurement
In February, 2008, I penned my third annual CPO-focused report which is when I introduced the idea of "CPO Rising" (If you are interested, I found a copy of the…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption – Results
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Monday First Thing: Managing Strategic Suppliers
I attended SAP Ariba LIVE last week and an interesting issue arose related to supplier relationship management as well as a business stakeholder's ability to identify and properly partner with…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (2)
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Monday First Thing: Early Excerpts from CPO Rising 2019
We're hard at at work on our 14th Annual CPO Rising Research Report and expect to publish it shortly. As I noted earlier in the year, it is Ardent's view…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Monday First Thing: EcoVadis Sustain 2019 #IgniteChange
A few weeks ago, I journeyed to Paris to participate in and attend EcoVadis' annual user conference, Sustain 2019. The annual event has grown dramatically over the past few years,…
Avoiding Digital Disaster
If you missed yesterday's webinar, The Procurement Leader's Guide to Digital Transformation, you missed a really interesting presentation (if I do say so, myself) and a scintillating discussion with the…