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Are You “Dressed to Kill?” Airing the Dirty Laundry Hidden in the Global Cotton Supply Chain

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 26, 2014Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing1 Comment

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

Your Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Expanding the CWM Framework

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 25, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Welcome to the third entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…

CPO News – November 19, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to November's edition of CPO News. We're covering a lot of ground this month, including announcements of Chief Procurement Officers taking the reigns at several companies, several up and…

Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 11, 2014Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong…

What Buyers Should Know about Supplier Relationship Management: One Supplier’s Take

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 31, 2014Articles, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

For procurement and sourcing teams, collaborating with suppliers, effectively communicating business needs, and building and maintaining supplier relationships are critical and often overlooked parts of the strategic sourcing process. While…

Why Procurement Effectiveness is the Foundation of Sustainable Success

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 27, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy1 Comment

Procurement capability in most organizations is hampered because purchasing decisions are beset by organizational challenges and ‘soft’ issues. In this extract from Sigi Osagie’s new book, Procurement Mojo, Sigi discusses why…

Veterans Affairs Procurement Officer “Retires” Amid Corruption Scandal

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 20, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

On October 14, the outgoing Deputy Chief Procurement Officer at the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Susan Taylor, notified the VA that she is retiring…

Technology Round-Up – October 14, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 14, 2014Articles, People, Solution Providers, Technology

BravoSolution Appoints Jim Wetekamp as its next CEO By Andrew Bartolini Last week, BravoSolution, a supply management solution provider, announced that its current SVP of Solution Strategy and industry veteran,…

Research Preview: The State of Strategic Sourcing in 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 2, 2014Articles, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the next few weeks, the analyst team at Ardent Partners will publish our annual State of Strategic Sourcing benchmark study. This study builds on last year’s research on the…

GSA Takes the EASi Way, Lends the Federal Acquisition Service an ASSIST

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 29, 2014Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Earlier this month, senior leadership from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that the agency has begun deploying two new IT systems that will help federal acquisition and procurement…