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CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – Stephen Listzwan, SVP and Head of Procurement (CPO), Shire Pharmaceuticals

By Andrew Bartolini October 11, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The Road to Procurement Like so many other Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), Steve Listzwan, the senior vice president and head of procurement at Shire Pharmaceuticals (and the recipient of CPO…

One Week Left to Get the Best Deal on Your CPO Rising 2018 Ticket

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy

Hello Friend - As the leaves continue to change color here in New England, we inch closer to the CPO Rising 2018 Summit – Ardent Partners’ third-annual executive symposium for…

Five Best Practices in Supplier Information Management

By Andrew Bartolini October 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the current “Age of Innovation,” businesses are more reliant upon their suppliers than ever before. But, the ability of sourcing and procurement teams to fully optimize their suppliers’ performance…

Contingent Workforce Management’s “Age of Intelligence” is Here

By Christopher Dwyer September 27, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In any business function, visibility is paramount. The wide scope of enterprise operations, from invoice-processing and supplier management to talent acquisition and spend management, necessitates a modern focus on the…

Best Practices in Supplier Identification

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In an age where enterprises are more reliant upon their suppliers than at any other time in history, it is a fundamental truth that to achieve both procurement success and…

How Category Intelligence can Drive Procurement Agility on “Buy or No Buy” Decisions (Guest Post)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 17, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Beroe Inc. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If…

What Upwork’s IPO Filing Means for the World of Digital Staffing

By Christopher Dwyer September 13, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Between the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast and insights here on CPO Rising, we’ve come to learn that the Future of Work runs on three core attributes: technology, talent, and the…

Building the SMB Case for Expense Management Automation

By Andrew Bartolini September 10, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

For SMB leaders, time, money, and organizational focus must be balanced to ensure that the short-term needs of the business are addressed and that the long-term goals of the business…

Ardent Partners’ Autumn Events Round-Up

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 30, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

As summer turns to fall, like so many leaves will do here in New England, we at Ardent Partners wanted to take a moment to round up and highlight some of…

Six CPO Strategies for Navigating Through and Managing Change

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer August 23, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

The interesting angle to navigating change is how exactly Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams react to it; in an age when “agility” has become a desired status for…