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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Jeffrey Ball, CPO of Digital First Media

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Ball, Chief Procurement Officer of Digital First Media, to CPO Rising 2017. Jeff will deliver a presentation entitled “Putting the ‘Strategic’ in Strategic…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Bill Michels

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 24, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back to CPO Rising Bill Michels, CEO at Aripart Consulting and a longtime procurement practitioner. We had the chance to catch up with Bill…

Procurement Influencer Series: Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ – Part II

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 23, 2017Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. Picking up…

Technology Round-Up – October 19, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 19, 2017Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Technology Round-Up – October 12, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 12, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO News – October 6, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People

Former Atlanta CPO Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Accepted Bribes In April, we brought you a story out of Atlanta concerning Adam Smith, the former Chief Procurement Officer who was terminated…

Technology Round-Up – October 5, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 5, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Webinar! Strategic Spend Management – Last Chance to Register (9/27)!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 26, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

"By surveying thousands of distinct organizations over the years, Ardent Partners has been able to clearly establish that the groups that manage very high levels of spend perform significantly better…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Bill McNally of NASA

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Last year, we were fortunate to have Bill McNally, deputy chief acquisition officer at NASA, who directs procurement across the entire space agency, join Ardent Partners' inaugural CPO Rising Procurement Executive…

Technology Round-Up – September 21, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 21, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology2 Comments