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Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…

Monday First Thing: A Brief History of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

In February, 2008, I penned my third annual CPO-focused report which is when I introduced the idea of "CPO Rising" (If you are interested, I found a copy of the…

CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — A New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 12, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join the Ardent Partners analyst team and special guests on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 pm EST for the must-attend procurement event of the spring -- CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion! Click…

Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption – Results

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Monday First Thing: Managing Strategic Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

I attended SAP Ariba LIVE last week and an interesting issue arose related to supplier relationship management as well as a business stakeholder's ability to identify and properly partner with…

Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate

By Phil Bartolini April 3, 2019Chief Procurement Officers, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others…

Monday First Thing: Early Excerpts from CPO Rising 2019

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, Technology

We're hard at at work on our 14th Annual CPO Rising Research Report and expect to publish it shortly. As I noted earlier in the year, it is Ardent's view…

How Far Can We Apply Industry 4.0 to Procurement?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 27, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Strategy, Technology

Industry 4.0, as it has been called, is the next phase of manufacturing. By its namesake, it is the fourth industrial revolution representing not just the digitization and automation of…

Monday First Thing: EcoVadis Sustain 2019 #IgniteChange

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, I journeyed to Paris to participate in and attend EcoVadis' annual user conference, Sustain 2019. The annual event has grown dramatically over the past few years,…

Throwback Thursday: CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People