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Technology Round-Up – July 27, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 27, 2017Articles, Procure-to-Pay, 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…

Rethinking Contract Management with Digital Transaction Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 21, 2017Articles, Process, Technology

Recent innovations in contract management solutions are bringing agility, collaboration, and ease-of-use to organizations of every size and driving procurement and enterprise success along the way. More specifically, Digital Transaction Management…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 19, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor's Note: Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame…

An Update on Conflict Minerals Regulations in the U.S.

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 14, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Earlier this year, Ardent Partners analysts tracked a bevy of fast-moving developments concerning Section 1502 (the Conflict Minerals Provision) of the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act -…

How Procurement Can Lead Enterprises through Global Uncertainty, Risk, and Disruption

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 7, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this year, and again at the Institute for Supply Management’s 102nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida, Ardent Partners analysts were pleased to interview M.L. Peck, ISM’s Chief Content and Engagement Officer. M.L. has…

Technology Round-Up – July 6, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising 2017 Topic: Strategies to Build a Better CFO Relationship

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 5, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy1 Comment

Building and maintaining a healthy working relationship with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is an integral part of many Chief Procurement Officer's (CPO's) job -- largely because many CPOs report directly…

Technology Round-Up – June 29, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 29, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, 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,…

More CPO Rising 2017 Summit Themes!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

On November 8 & 9, 2017, a select group of Chief Procurement Officers and other business leaders will come together at the Harvard Club in Boston's Back Bay for the…

CPO News – June 23, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 23, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing

NIU Names Antoinette Bridges Director of Procurement Services and Contract Management Last week, Northern Illinois University named Antoinette Bridges as its newest Director of Procurement Services and Contract Management, effective…