A Portrait of the CPO as a Young Man or Woman
CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade - Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…
Is the Conflict Minerals Provision in Dodd-Frank Going Away?
As we noted in our recent 2017 Procurement: Big Trends and Predictions webinar, the current U.S. trade policies and the regulatory environment should be tracked more closely because change is…
The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology
Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…
CPO News – February 16, 2017
SAIC Names Karen Wheeler Chief Human Resources Officer Northern Virginia-based Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) announced that Karen Wheeler, SAIC's Chief Procurement Officer of nearly four years, has been…
How CIOs and CPOs Learned to Stopped Worrying and Love Innovation
Editor’s Note: This article is based upon Ardent Partners’ recent report, The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology (sponsored by Coupa). Click to download (registration required). Historically, most Chief…
Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence (Webinar)
Are you free next Tuesday, February 7 at 2 PM? Join us and SpendHQ for a complimentary webinar on Spend Analysis: The Foundation of Procurement Excellence. Register here! Within the…
How Innovative Supply Management Technologies Create Opportunity for CPOs
Editor's Note: This article is based upon Ardent Partners’ recent report, The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology (sponsored by Coupa). Click to download (registration required). The age of…
Procurement 2017: When Trends Collide
Each January, the research team at Ardent Partners gathers and performs a comprehensive review of the primary research that we have conducted over the past 24 months. We then gaze into…
One Job, Two Legacies: How CIOs and CPOs Historically Evaluated Enterprise Technology
For some time, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and IT departments have been in the driver’s seat when it comes to evaluating and adopting technology solutions. However, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement…
Announcing the “State of Procurement 2017” Survey
I am pleased to announce that the survey for our annual "State of Procurement and the CPO" report is now open. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare today or…