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CPO Rising 2017 Summit Perspectives – Enabling Smarter Procurement with Ivalua

By Andrew Bartolini November 22, 2017Articles, Solution Providers, Technology

This year's CPO Rising 2017 Summit featured exciting roundtable sessions where attendees got to exchange ideas and talk about innovative strategies to help improve the performance of their procurement department.…

P2P Optimization Breeds Procurement Success

By Andrew Bartolini November 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

While a fully automated Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process remains the exception and not the rule in today’s market, Best-in-Class procurement departments are keenly aware of the importance of process automation in…

Top Procurement Leaders Honored at the Annual CPO Rising Summit

By Andrew Bartolini November 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers1 Comment

Top Procurement Leaders Honored at the Annual CPO Rising Summit Ardent Partners Inducts Two Chief Procurement Officers into Hall of Fame and Presents Four Other “CPO Honors” Awards BOSTON, November…

Five Production and Delivery Capabilities to Consider in a Supplier

By Andrew Bartolini November 14, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published a new sourcing-themed report, Beyond Price: Finding the Right Suppliers Using Sophisticated Sourcing Strategies. If you would like to access the report, it is available for…

The Making of a Chief Procurement Officer

By Andrew Bartolini November 10, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People

Publisher's Note: We at Ardent Partners are still pretty jazzed from our second annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit, which we wrapped up less than 24 hours ago. It was an engaging,…

Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights Leading Procurement Executives from Flex, Google, Biogen, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November…

Spend Analysis: A Primer for Beginners

By Andrew Bartolini November 3, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: At this point, many of our readers ought to know not only what spend analysis is, but also its value proposition. Still, it is worthwhile to revisit the…

The Future of Supply Risk Management: Highlights from riskmethods’ 2017 User Conference

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2017Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago (October 19), a couple analysts (Andrew and Matthew) on the team at Ardent Partners attended riskmethods' user conference at its headquarters in Boston's Financial District. As its name indicates,…

Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Walter Charles of Biogen

By Andrew Bartolini October 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Walter Charles III is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Biogen. As the article below highlights, he is also a highly-successful innovator who has consistently over-delivered in every procurement role that…