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Technology Round-Up – February 17, 2015 – Part II

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 17, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Welcome to February's edition of our Technology Round-Up. Over the past month, we've tracked so many exciting developments within the supply management solution provider market that we decided…

Technology Round-Up – February 17, 2015 – Part I

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 17, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Sailing Downstream: Why Source-to-Settle Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 (Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For sure, enterprises as a whole and procurement teams in particular can log significant financial and operational improvements through implementing basic strategic sourcing processes, such as spend analysis, sourcing/ eSourcing,…

Three Supply Management Lessons Learned from the Great Carnitas Shortage of 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 10, 2015Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy

In mid-January, many news outlets reported that Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) had stopped serving its popular carnitas product at roughly a third of its 1,724 restaurants because it dropped one…

Collaborative Contract Management: Procurement’s Role in Enhancing Compliance and Mitigating Risk (Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In 2015, collaboration is the name of the game in procurement and frequently entails working with key internal stakeholders (like line-of-business managers and legal departments) or preferred suppliers to drive…

CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 30, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the…

CPO News – January 29, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 29, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process

Editor's note: there was so much news emanating from the procurement and supply management world this month that we decided to run two editions of Chief Procurement Officer News. Enjoy!…

CPO News – January 23, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Editor's note: A new year brings many new hires to the procurement and supply management world. CPO Rising (and Ardent Partners) would like to congratulate them all and wish them…

Technology Round-Up – January 21, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 21, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

IQNavigator Expands European Operations with New Office in Germany On January 8, IQNavigator, the Colorado-based provider of Vendor Management Solutions (VMS), announced that it is opening a new office in Munich,…

On Cotton: Understanding Risks in the Global Supply Chain

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 19, 2015Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing

[Publisher's note: Supply risk is a beast that wears many suits. Today, we conclude our exclusive three-part series that examines the problem of human trafficking in the global cotton supply…