One Week Left to Get the Best Deal on Your CPO Rising 2018 Ticket
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Source-to-Settle Transformation: Two Headings — One Destination
"Procurement transformation” has become a common theme for many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders who are searching for an advantage in an increasingly competitive and complex business marketplace.…
Supply Management’s Long, Slow March Towards Digital Transformation
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sample from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (click to register and download). Readers can access all of this year’s…
Contingent Workforce Management’s “Age of Intelligence” is Here
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…