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eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…

The Value of Change Management for Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini May 24, 2016Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Changing a business process is not an easy task; it takes a significant amount of time and effort to first motivate stakeholders to want to change, and then to actually…

ISM 2016: eISM Goes Live

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 23, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

At the 101st annual Institute for Supply Management ("ISM") conference in Indianapolis last week, ISM debuted a new e-Learning initiative, eISM, that is designed to meet the needs of today’s…

How to Counter the “Unknown Unknowns” in Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 20, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy

Some of the most interesting facets of supply risk management revolve around the unknown – what could happen, under what circumstances, what the impact could be, and what to do…

Webinar! It Pays to Pay Electronically: What Does Paperless Mean to You?

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2016Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For many in Procurement and Accounts Payable, going paperless cuts out a lot of the pain associated with manual processing. ePayments are often described as a digital easy button. But…

Gregg Brandyberry: Profile of a CPO Rising Hall-of-Famer

By Andrew Bartolini May 18, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall…

What Can We Learn from the Golden State Warriors?

By Christopher Dwyer May 17, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is yet another indicator of the evolution of the non-employee workforce. If you don’t have lunch plans for this afternoon, be sure to check out Ardent’s…

New Webinar – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As our readers know, CPO Rising is the name of this website, but it is also the name of both our annual CPO research study and event. Well, I am…

Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For the past 10 years, Coupa has focused on what it calls “Value-as-a-Service,” which has taken the form of a desire to drive value for its customers. This focus was…

CPO News – May 13, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Wai Mun Wong Named VP of Global Supply Management at Carlson Wagonlit Travel Late last month, Hospitalitynet.org reported that Wai Mun Wong had been named Vice President of Global Supply…