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ISM at 100: Conflict Minerals Compliance – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 22, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners’ analyst team attended the 100th annual Institute for Supply Management (ISM) conference in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. Risk, in many of its forms, was a regular topic throughout the…

ISM at 100: Robert Gates on Global Stability and Supply Risk

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 20, 2015Articles, Events, General, People

[Editor's note: the views expressed by Dr. Robert Gates do not necessarily reflect the views of Ardent Partners or its employees. Our goal with this piece is to present a…

IBM Empower 2015: Back to the Future

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In 2006, I attended my first Emptoris Empower conference as an industry analyst. The company, of course, has changed significantly since then, most notably via two acquisitions (IBM acquired the…

ISM at 100: A Conversation with Tom Derry

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process

Last week, I had the pleasure to meet with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), at its 100 thannual conference in Phoenix, Arizona (Matt York, our editor, sat…

CPO Roundtable: Agility and High-Performing Procurement Teams

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy

[Editor's note: I will be attending IBM Empower 2015 in San Diego this week, hosting a similar CPO panel as the one below, among other activities. If you are at…

SAPPHIRE 2015: Running Simple and Connecting the Business World

By Andrew Bartolini May 8, 2015Articles, Events, People, Solution Providers, Technology

In a busy week that began in Phoenix at ISM’s 100th annual conference (more on that conference next week), I was able, nonetheless, to get to SAPPHIRE in Orlando for…

Sourcing: Why Enterprises Should Stop Worrying and Love the Procurement Team

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The goals of a business haven't changed too much in the 150 years since the procurement function first arose at the dawn of the second industrial revolution - enterprises need…

CPO Roundtable Series: Linking Procurement Operations with Enterprise Goals in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

Key Strategies for AP Automation Initiatives (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2015Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Accounts payable (AP) has for a number of years been one of the last bastions of manual processes in the enterprise. Many AP teams still process paper-based invoices through a…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Report) is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

I am very pleased to announce that my annual CPO Rising report is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). I began publishing an annual CPO-focused report in 2006…