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Two Exciting Webinars this Week from Ardent Partners!

By Phil Bartolini September 27, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay

Now in its 8th year, Ardent Partners’ monthly webinar series is designed to engage procurement executives with a steady stream of high-quality, progressive, educational, and actionable content. Ardent Partners is…

The Path to Spend Enlightenment

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

The path to true “spend enlightenment” is not merely paved with standard spend analysis. In fact, those organizations seeking to adopt next-generation spend analysis strategies must adapt to a changing…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Thomas Udesen, Bayer and the Sustainable Procurement Pledge

By Andrew Bartolini September 20, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 202 of the Procurement Rising Podcast. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and supply…

The Real Value of Spend Analytics

By Phil Bartolini September 17, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

At its core, spend analysis systems offer a fundamental series of benefits that can positively impact the procurement organizations that choose to leverage these solutions, including: Spend visibility – The…

NEW WEBINAR – Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (and Performance)

By Phil Bartolini September 16, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (& Performance) Click Here to Register CPO in 2021 are facing greater pressure to hit or exceed performance targets amidst a…

Now Accepting Nominations for CPO Honors 2021

By Phil Bartolini September 14, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People

Ardent Partners is excited to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the sixth-annual CPO Honors The sixth annual CPO Honors Ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the procurement…

The Sustainable Procurement Philosophy w/ Bill Cooper

By Andrew Bartolini September 13, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Last week on the Procurement Rising Podcast (click to listen), I had the pleasure of speaking with Bill Cooper, the recently retired and former Chief Procurement Officer of the entire…

Next-Generation Spend Analysis: Digging Deeper

By Phil Bartolini September 9, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

If you read my article last week, I talked about how the next path to procurement performance improvement will be blazed with the next generation of spend analytics and data-driven…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Bill Cooper, University of California

By Andrew Bartolini September 7, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 201 of the Procurement Rising Podcast. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and…

Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Spend Analytics

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Technology

There may be no greater advantage for the modern enterprise than visibility. Today’s procurement organizations are often under pressure to not only drive down costs while improving category management, but…