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For CFOs, Optimizing Enterprise Spend is a Business Imperative

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy1 Comment

In the aftermath of the Global Recession, many Chief Financial Officers (“CFOs”) have made the realization that a business environment that values cash, profit margins, and risk mitigation is one…

CPO Honors 2019: And the Finalists are…

By Andrew Bartolini October 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, People, Strategy, Technology

The Fourth Annual CPO Honors Gala Dinner will be held at The Harvard Club in Boston on October 29th at 6:15 pm with a celebratory Happy Hour starting at the…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Nisreen Bagasra, Chief Procurement Officer, Veolia North America

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 11, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Nisreen Bagasra is the Chief Procurement Officer for Veolia North America (VNA) and leads its procurement organization to maximize value and mitigate risk across the company’s supply base, for both…

Throwback Thursday: On Rising in 2018: CPOs and Industry Events

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Procurement Needs to Pivot to a Results-Based Approach to Evaluating Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2019Lists, Strategy, Technology

Today’s fast-changing business climate is one that prizes outcomes (and the innovations needed to achieve them) above all else. This has, in turn, created new opportunities for IT and procurement…

The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Over the past decade, industry research has consistently shown that a majority of enterprise technology deployments run over budget and/or beyond schedule, and that failing to achieve expected business results…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Heidi Landry, Chief Procurement Officer, Enterprise Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson — Part III

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Heidi Landry is the Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for Enterprise Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson. She joined the company in January 2019 and is responsible for Procurement…