Best of 2014: CPOs in 2014: Doing Better with Same
Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! Ardent…
Supplier Performance Management: The Fourth Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Over the past month, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research…
Using Spend Under Management Principles to Drive Improved Financial Performance
[A note from the editor: In August, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - to our audience and invited them to share their views because we…
CPO News – December 19, 2014
Former Apple Global Supply Manager to Serve Jail Time for Procurement Fraud It has been a long time coming, but we can finally close the book on Paul Shin Devine,…
Contract Management: The Third Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Over the past couple of weeks, Ardent Partners has been featuring analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers can find…
Technology Round-Up – December 16, 2014
SAP Completes Concur Acquisition for $8.3 Billion On December 4, global software provider SAP AG (NYSE Ticker – SAP) announced that it had completed its $8.3 billion acquisition (or $129 per…
Three Events Management Metrics That Matter
The world of complex spend management can often frustrate the typical procurement executive, as each category that encompasses this area has its own distinct set of capabilities, competencies, solutions, and…
Contract Management Reporting: Trust, but Verify
In the mid-to-late 1980s, U.S. President Ronald Reagan adopted an old Russian proverb, "doveryai no proveryai" (trust, but verify) to emphasize to Soviet Premiere Mikhail Gorbachev the need to ensure…
The State of CWM Meets the State of Independence
Editor’s note: Today’s article is a change of pace from the regular content here at CPO Rising. Ardent's contingent workforce management thought leader and resident expert, Christopher J. Dwyer, will…
Sourcing: The Second Strategic Sourcing Pillar
In case you missed our earlier announcement, Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots has been published and interested readers can find the report here and here. In…