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Sourcing Beyond Price: Strategies to Find the Right Suppliers

By Phil Bartolini August 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published a new sourcing-themed report, Beyond Price: Finding the Right Suppliers Using Sophisticated Sourcing Strategies. If you would like to access the report, it is…

The Dog Days of Summer

By Andrew Bartolini August 14, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

[Editor’s note: it has become somewhat of a tradition for us at CPO Rising to bring you “The Dog Days of Summer” in August, so we thought we’d re-publish this…

CPO News – August 4, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 4, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Editor's Note: On November 8 & 9, 2017, a select group of Chief Procurement Officers and other business leaders will come together at the Harvard Club in Boston’s Back Bay for the CPO Rising…

Procurement-led Innovation: How do YOU Define it?

By Andrew Bartolini July 31, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Procurement-led innovation will be a huge topic at CPO Rising 2017, Ardent's second-annual procurement executive conference to be held at Boston's historic Harvard Club on Nov. 8-9. Want to…

Ardent Partners Formally Launches The CPO Rising 2017 Summit

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

The two-day executive symposium is designed to help procurement organizations improve performance and drive innovation. BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) July 27, 2017 The advances of the procurement profession and the rise…

P2P Technology Round-Up – July 20, 2017

By Phil Bartolini July 20, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past month. Santander Partners with Tradeshift to Provide Supply Chain…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 19, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor's Note: Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame…

Looking Back, Around, and Ahead on Procurement Technology Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini July 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

We recently published my twelfth annual CPO-themed report, CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade. Today’s article is part of an ongoing series focused on the report’s key findings. You can…

An Update on Conflict Minerals Regulations in the U.S.

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 14, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Earlier this year, Ardent Partners analysts tracked a bevy of fast-moving developments concerning Section 1502 (the Conflict Minerals Provision) of the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act -…

Technology Round-Up – July 13, 2017

By Phil Bartolini July 13, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…