Category Sourcing Scorecard – Buying Factors (II)
Today, Part 2 of the Buying Factors that impact (1) the ease in which a category may be sourced (2) the likelihood of favorable results and (3) the timing and…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Buying Factors (I)
There are many different factors that can influence (1) the ease in which a category may be sourced (2) the likelihood of favorable results and (3) the timing and organizational…
M & A(riba) – SAP’s Big Bet
Building on our "instant analysis" of SAP's multi-billion dollar bid for Ariba, we've now come back with a comprehensive report that covers the deal in greater detail. For those of…
Introducing Payables Place
For the past six years, the analysts (Andrew Bartolini & Vishal Patel) at Ardent Partners have been closely covering the ePayables (or AP Automation) market. During that time, we've published…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Supplier Factors
We're using the ocean waves and surfing images during the creation of our virtual Category Sourcing Scorecard because the purpose of this tool is to help sourcing teams vet and…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Market Factors
Continuing our discussion/development of a Category Sourcing Scorecard, today we will focus on Market Factors. Last time, we evaluated Internal Factors which look at the organization, the sourcing team, and…
Becoming a Chief Procurement Officer – Webinar
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Who wants to be a CPO? Given the responsibilities, exposure,…
CPO News – June 6, 2012
On Monday this Chief Procurement Officer news hit the AP wire. DuPont Names Shelley Stewart as Vice President of Sourcing & Logistics and Chief Procurement Officer (AP) June 4 -…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – Internal Factors
While working on the recent articles that have focused on the importance of developing and maintaining an active Sourcing Pipeline and how to identify the best sourcing opportunities, I started…
Sourcing Waves
Exerting influence on spend or, better yet, exerting proactive influence on spend is one of the major goals (compliance is another) in placing spend under management. When it comes to…
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