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CPOs in 2019: Same Neighborhood, Different Views

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 24, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300…

Technology Round-Up — May 22, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 22, 2019Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Procurement’s Performance Plateau: The Results Are In

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 17, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300…

Supply Risk Management: A Best-in-Class Value Driver

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

While cutting costs, increasing savings, and pulling more spend under management is, collectively, a well-worn path for procurement to drive performance, a road less-traveled is through effective supply risk management (SRM).…

Insights from CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — New Webinar from Ardent Partners!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion is the research project that just keeps on giving.... Join Ardent Partners' Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Xeeva's Director of Product Marketing, Jessica…

Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua’s bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which it held in…

The Illusory Magic of Business Technology: Scenes from IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 3, 2019Articles, Events, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua's bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which…

Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skill Sets Does Your CPO Value Most?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Strategies to Navigate the Procurement Technology Landscape

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 26, 2019Articles, Process, Strategy, Technology

A critical part of any procurement automation initiative is finding the solution or solutions that meet the organization’s requirements. Before getting to the ‘solution selection’ stage however, an organization should…

Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…