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CPO Rising 2016 Summit: Showcasing the Value of Sourcing Across All Categories

By Andrew Bartolini March 23, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Developing and maintaining an effective sourcing program is one of many game-changers that Ardent Partners has espoused for procurement teams over the last several years. Running a sourcing program that…

Ardent Partners Welcomes Harold “Hal” Good, Procurement Luminary, to CPO Rising 2016!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 21, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…

CPO Rising 2016 Summit: Agility and Innovation Will Keep Procurement Valuable

By Andrew Bartolini March 17, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People

As the business world becomes more interconnected, all procurement departments now find that they must remain “on their toes” in order to be competitive on a global scale. Procurement teams…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Contract Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…

Webinar Preview: Savings and Risk: The Rise of Analytics for Procurement – March 23

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 15, 2016Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners' Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, along with representatives and clients of Determine, Inc. on Wednesday, March 23 at 2:00 pm EST for this complementary webinar…

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Tackling the Issues of Globalization, Growth, and Complexity

By Christopher Dwyer March 14, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

There’s no doubt that the business world is changing, sometimes moving so quickly that procurement professionals have little time to catch up, or even position themselves to develop the necessary…

Heidi Landry: An Expat CPO’s Journey across the Procurement Landscape

By Andrew Bartolini March 14, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…

Research Preview: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for Better Contract Management – Part II

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 11, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is the second of two articles from a report that we recently published, entitled, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for Better Contract Management, sponsored by DocuSign and available for free download…

Technology Round-Up – March 10, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 10, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Tradeshift, MetaProcure Partner to Bring Managed Procurement Services to the Masses On March 8, Tradeshift, the California-based provider of supplier collaboration networks, announced that is has partnered with Georgia-based MetaProcure, a provider of…

Eight More Reasons Why You Should Attend the CPO Rising 2016 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini March 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The CPO Rising 2016 Summit is coming up in less than three weeks, and will be one of the year’s best opportunities for CPOs and other senior procurement professionals to…