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Resiliency Themes – Part 4: Procurement Becomes a Core Business Function

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 1, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. From March 31 through May 7, Ardent Partners…

Resiliency Themes – Part 2: Savings Becomes More Important in 2020

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

SAP Ariba LIVE Goes Virtual – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer March 20, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. A global pandemic could not completely disrupt the…

Technology Round-Up – March 18, 2020

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 18, 2020Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#17 – Supply Chain Resilience)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the…

2020 Vision: SpendHQ’s New Spend Analysis Tool for the New Decade

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2020Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Ardent Partners team recently took a briefing from SpendHQ, the Atlanta-based provider of spend analysis SaaS solutions for procurement. On the call from SpendHQ were David Bush, chief revenue officer,…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#13 – Monetization / Value Creation)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 28, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders…

Throwback Thursday: Gambling on Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2020Articles, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor's Note: With the rise and spread of the Coronavirus across the world and the disruption it's causing, we dug into our archives to highlight the inherent risks in global…

NEW WEBINAR: How Will Data Impact Procurement in the Next Decade?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 24, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Please join Ardent's Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this Thursday, February 27th at 1 PM ET on a webinar, The Decade of Data (2020s) and How it…

Throwback Thursday: 10 for 2010: Categories to Source in 2010

By Andrew Bartolini February 20, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor’s Note: As we look back over the last decade, we thought it’d be fun to look at some of the big themes we wrote about ten years ago. How…