Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect
Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware's North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user…
Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!
Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…
CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — A New Webinar from Ardent Partners
Join the Ardent Partners analyst team and special guests on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 pm EST for the must-attend procurement event of the spring -- CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion! Click…
An Afternoon with Genpact: The Future of the Digital Enterprise
The very idea of “digital transformation” is an intricate one. While many organizations may desire to be the next great digital enterprise, the truth is that there is so much…
New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function
The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…
Technology Round-Up — March 13, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire
Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…
Smarter Contracts can Lead to Smarter Procurement Analytics — Here’s How (Upcoming Webinar)
For some enterprise procurement teams, managing the contracting process may seem like a back-end, tactical process that does not result in anything strategic beyond a codified business relationship with a…
New Webinar – The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation
The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation Click Here to Register The business world is forcing its executives, like the Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”), to adapt to changing market…
Webinar! Procurement 2019: Big Trends and Predictions – January 29!
2019 is shaping up to be a wild year. We're not even a month in and business leaders are already seeing the continuation of trends from 2018 and wondering what…