Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Financial Analysis
This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis
This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to…
Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014
Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we've…
Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management
Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them…
Coupa Inspire 2014: Coupa’s New Language of Success
Earlier this month I attended Coupa's user conference, Coupa INSPIRE, in San Francisco. This second annual conference built upon the success of last year's event and provided great insight into…
April Webinars Bring May… Results (Zycus – April 24)
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…
Procurement’s Evolution (Part IV): Convergence with Contingent Workforce Management
Ardent’s State of Contingent Workforce Management report (available for complimentary download here, here, or here) features a variety of groundbreaking concepts and ideas, one being the industry’s very-first official Contingent…
April Webinars Bring May… Results (Coupa – April 10)
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…
On the Bubble
March Madness ended on Monday (yesterday, if you follow women's college basketball) and Monday's game, like many that I watched was very competitive and went down to the last minute,…