Category Sourcing Scorecard – Supplier Factors
We're using the ocean waves and surfing images during the creation of our virtual Category Sourcing Scorecard because the purpose of this tool is to help sourcing teams vet and…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Market Factors
Continuing our discussion/development of a Category Sourcing Scorecard, today we will focus on Market Factors. Last time, we evaluated Internal Factors which look at the organization, the sourcing team, and…
Becoming a Chief Procurement Officer – Webinar
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Who wants to be a CPO? Given the responsibilities, exposure,…
CPO News – June 6, 2012
On Monday this Chief Procurement Officer news hit the AP wire. DuPont Names Shelley Stewart as Vice President of Sourcing & Logistics and Chief Procurement Officer (AP) June 4 -…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Internal Factors
While working on the recent articles that have focused on the importance of developing and maintaining an active Sourcing Pipeline and how to identify the best sourcing opportunities, I started…
Sourcing Waves
Exerting influence on spend or, better yet, exerting proactive influence on spend is one of the major goals (compliance is another) in placing spend under management. When it comes to…
Compliance is Good
On the heels of a long week and a long weekend, I'll keep this final article on compliance short and to the point (click to read the two preceding articles,…
Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers
We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a…
Instant Analysis: Acquisition in the Clouds – SAP to Acquire Ariba for $4.3 Billion
The procurement-themed events held at SAP's SAPPHIRE in Orlando last Monday night were abuzz with the rumor that SAP was going to make a huge cloud procurement announcement the next…
Showdown at the Compliance Corral
Ardent Partners' Report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, showed that the average compliance rate in the market today is 62.9%. Not exactly great but it is…