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New Webinar – Highlights from the CPO Rising 2018 Summit
The CPO Rising 2018 Summit has wrapped and the Ardent Partners team is still buzzing from all of the great presentations and discussions that we were lucky to be a... Read more
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Recognizing Scott Singer, the CPO Rising Hall of Fame’s 2018 Inductee
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading CPOs... Read more
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Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off with Powerful Procurement Insights
Chief Procurement Officers from North America and Around the Globe Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 7 — Today, more than 135 procurement professionals and executives will... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part II
I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Vice President of Global Procurement and Global Real Estate at Thermo Fisher Scientific, for nearly a decade. And I am beyond thrilled to welcome him back to Boston tomorrow morning as... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part I
I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Vice President of Global Procurement and Global Real Estate at Thermo Fisher Scientific, for nearly a decade. And I am beyond thrilled to welcome him back to Boston tomorrow... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry, CPO Rising 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee
Editor’s Note: Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, Senior Advisor at Supplier.ai, and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of 2016.... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: What Does It Take to Implement a Successful Payment Strategy?
Early payment discounts, dynamic discounting (DD), supply chain finance (SCF), the time value of money, the cost of capital, the cash conversion cycle, days sales outstanding (DSO), days payables outstanding (DPO),... Read more
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On Rebranding and the Evolution of the MSP: A Discussion with Brian Salkowski, President, Americas, Guidant Global
Across the continuum of contingent workforce management (CWM), few solutions have had the staying power of the Managed Service Provider (MSP) model. In fact, over the past fifteen years, they... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 318: The Most Critical Elements of the Evolving World of Work
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we discuss the most critical elements of the evolving world of work, from the quality and depth... Read more
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CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – David Gallaer, VP – Category Management, MUFG Union Bank
Reporting for Duty One of the great clichés of procurement is that executives and practitioners often “fall” into it, having started out in a hard or social science before wandering... Read more