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Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate

By Phil Bartolini April 3, 2019Chief Procurement Officers, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others…

Future of Work Influencer Series: John Healy, Vice President and Managing Director, Office of the Future of Work, Kelly Services

By Christopher Dwyer April 2, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting new series will be a…

Monday First Thing: Early Excerpts from CPO Rising 2019

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, Technology

We're hard at at work on our 14th Annual CPO Rising Research Report and expect to publish it shortly. As I noted earlier in the year, it is Ardent's view…

Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2019Articles, General, 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…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 333: A Future of Work Lesson from the Seattle Mariners

By Christopher Dwyer March 27, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week, we discuss an interesting example of employee empowerment happening in the world of professional…

How Far Can We Apply Industry 4.0 to Procurement?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 27, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Strategy, Technology

Industry 4.0, as it has been called, is the next phase of manufacturing. By its namesake, it is the fourth industrial revolution representing not just the digitization and automation of…

Future of Work Influencer Series: Curt Paquette, President of Pipeline Talent Solutions

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting new series will be a…

Monday First Thing: EcoVadis Sustain 2019 #IgniteChange

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, I journeyed to Paris to participate in and attend EcoVadis' annual user conference, Sustain 2019. The annual event has grown dramatically over the past few years,…

Avoiding Digital Disaster

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2019Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

If you missed yesterday's webinar, The Procurement Leader's Guide to Digital Transformation, you missed a really interesting presentation (if I do say so, myself) and a scintillating discussion with the…

Throwback Thursday: CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People