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Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua’s bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which it held in…

Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skill Sets Does Your CPO Value Most?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, 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…

Future of Work Influencer Series: Rick Bowman, CEO of Shiftgig

By Christopher Dwyer April 30, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting new series will be a…

Strategies to Navigate the Procurement Technology Landscape

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 26, 2019Articles, Process, Strategy, Technology

A critical part of any procurement automation initiative is finding the solution or solutions that meet the organization’s requirements. Before getting to the ‘solution selection’ stage however, an organization should…

Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion” Report Publication

By Christopher Dwyer April 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Contact: Andrew Bartolini FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel.: 617-752-1728 Email: info@ardentpartners.com Date: 04/25/2019 Ardent Partners Announces "CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion" Report Publication Annual Procurement Benchmark Study Reports on the "State of" the…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pipelines

By Andrew Bartolini April 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Future of Work Influencer Series: Sean Chou, CEO and Co-Founder of Catalytic

By Christopher Dwyer April 23, 2019Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting new series will be a…

Monday First Thing: The Metrics that Matter in 2019

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2019Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

I hope that even casual readers of this site know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts…

Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…

Throwback Thursday: Final Thoughts on Corporate Culture and Technology Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini April 18, 2019Articles, General, Strategy, Technology