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The State of Strategic Sourcing: Collaborate and Connect the Dots

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past couple of months, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which published in Q4 last year and is currently available. Interested…

The CFO’s View Of…Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer April 8, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the typical organization is now tasked with more than ever before, often asked to be the “savior” of enterprises that struggle to maintain a…

What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? In a Word: Collaboration

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 30, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

In the first installment in this series, CPO Rising highlighted how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact procurement operations and improve the way its people, processes, and technologies operate…

The HR Executive’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

For this two-part article series, CPO Rising becomes Human Resources Rising. Join resident contingent workforce management (CWM) resident and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, as he takes on…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Exclusive Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 25, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Our Annual CPO Rising report will be publishing soon! But, before it does, you can get an exclusive sneak preview by registering for a new webinar. Report author and Ardent'…

Why Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Remains a Critical Area for Today’s Enterprises (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer March 24, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

Business executives are often faced with a variety of challenges in their daily roles, including growing revenues, improving internal operations, and driving intelligence into the inner-workings of their enterprises. On…

CPO News – March 23, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Synovus Names Kevin Gowen as Chief Information Security Officer Last month, Synovus (NYSE: SNV), a Columbus, Georgia-based financial services company, announced that it has promoted their Chief Procurement Officer and "friend of…

Webinar Recap, Part II: Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in CWM

By Christopher Dwyer March 20, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to an exclusive two-part article series here on CPO Rising that will recap last month’s exciting Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management webinar, which was hosted…

What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? Part I

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 19, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Over the past year, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a buzzword in business, technology, and B2B and B2C commerce – with less emphasis placed on the internet than…

Procurement Influencer Series: Gregory Mark of Hubwoo

By Andrew Bartolini March 18, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As CEO of Hubwoo, Gregory Mark has witnessed the evolution of procurement technologies from the dot com bubble and burst to e-invoicing and e-procurement to spend analytics and the cloud.…