From CPO to CEO: Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses His Career Path
In the past, I have written several articles focused one CPO’s "rise" – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Reflections on Anytime Anywhere Education Session
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…
Five Game-Changing Strategies for Top AP Results – New Webinar
[Editor’s Note: Ardent’s AP Quarterly Webinar Series AP 2020: Five Game-Changing Strategies for Top Results continues this Thursday, October 29th at 2 PM ET presented by Bob Cohen & Andrew Bartolini and sponsored by Canon. Click here to…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Zycus
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
Announcing The CPO Rising 2020 Digital Summit
We are pleased to announce that Ardent Partners will host the CPO Rising Digital Summit on November 17th and 18th. This streamlined event will feature several leading Chief Procurement Officers, other global…
Best in Class AP Performance: The Value of Straight-Through Processing
For over a decade, Ardent Partners has conducted an in-depth market research study of the accounts payable (“AP”) market that leverages a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (which…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Agile Sourcing via Intelligent Automation Session
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…
Strategies to Navigate the Technology Landscape
Lack of automation across core process areas leaves procurement organizations susceptible to the failures of the past and constrains each group’s ability to gain and maintain credibility and optimize operations…
The Art and Science of Procurement Performance
Our ongoing Throwback Thursday series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written continues today with another look at CPO Rising 2016: The Art and…
The Present and Future of ePayables – Webinar Today 10/14
The modern Accounts Payable (“AP”) function sits at a fascinating juncture in its overall evolution: enhance just enough to survive in the years ahead, or, revolutionize its development to truly…