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Payables Place First Thing: Making Payment Exceptions a Thing of the Past

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 12, 2018General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve discussed payments automation as being the final frontier of Accounts Payable (“AP”) Automation, along with how electronic payments can be a source of…

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…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 315: A Conversation with Jim Burke, CEO of ZeroChaos

By Christopher Dwyer October 10, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we sit down with CEO of ZeroChaos, Jim Burke, to discuss his goals and objectives for the…

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…

Technology Round-Up – October 9, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 9, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…

Becoming Anti-Fragile at Bristlecone Pulse 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 8, 2018Articles, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure to attend Bristlecone's fifth-annual user conference, Pulse 2018, at the highly esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (where there were no Matt Damon sightings or references…

LAST CHANCE – Submit Nominations for the CPO Honors Awards

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2018Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People

CPO Honors 2018 Presented on November 7, 2018 at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit We are no longer accepting nominations Ardent Partners will recognize Chief Procurement Officers and their teams for outstanding…

Going Public, Digital Staffing, and the Flexible Workforce: A Conversation with Upwork’s SVP of Marketing, Rich Pearson

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 4, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the news that Upwork, a global provider of online staffing (and freelance talent marketplace), filed its initial paper work to offer an IPO.…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 311: A Conversation with Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer October 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Technology

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we (finally) sit down for a discussion with Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, to chat about the procurement…

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…