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Supplier Discovery and Some Housekeeping

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Technology

dis·cov·er \dis-kə-vər\ verb: (1): to make known or visible; (2): to obtain sight or knowledge of for Supplier Discovery In the relatively new “world” that we call supply management, supplier discovery is one of the…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Nisreen Bagasra, Chief Procurement Officer, Veolia North America

By Andrew Bartolini October 11, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Nisreen Bagasra is the Chief Procurement Officer for Veolia North America (VNA) and leads its procurement organization to maximize value and mitigate risk across the company’s supply base, for both…

Throwback Thursday: On Rising in 2018: CPOs and Industry Events

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Procurement Needs to Pivot to a Results-Based Approach to Evaluating Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2019Lists, Strategy, Technology

Today’s fast-changing business climate is one that prizes outcomes (and the innovations needed to achieve them) above all else. This has, in turn, created new opportunities for IT and procurement…

Ardent’s 10th Anniversary Discount Pricing for CPO Rising Summit — Ends Tonight!

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2019Events, General

Loyal followers of Ardent Partners and CPO Rising ought to know by now that we have been celebrating our 10th anniversary this year. As a part of our celebration, and as…

The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Over the past decade, industry research has consistently shown that a majority of enterprise technology deployments run over budget and/or beyond schedule, and that failing to achieve expected business results…

Throwback Thursday: Reflections on The CPO Rising 2017 Summit (Part 1): CPOs Rise and Shine

By Andrew Bartolini October 3, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 413: A Conversation with Sean Chou, Co-Founder and CEO of Catalytic

By Christopher Dwyer October 2, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General

Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a discussion with Sean Chou, co-founder and CEO of Catalytic, a provider of intelligent automation technology. Sean and I chat…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Heidi Landry, Chief Procurement Officer, Enterprise Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson — Part III

By Andrew Bartolini October 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Heidi Landry is the Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for Enterprise Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson. She joined the company in January 2019 and is responsible for Procurement…

Direct Sourcing, Digital Staffing, and the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer October 1, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy

Ardent Partners defines the Future of Work as the optimization of work, accomplished via the transformation of business operations, talent, and seamless and holistic solutions, as well as flexible enterprise…