Best of 2016: The State of Strategic Sourcing – Best-in-Class Performance
Editor’s Note: This week on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2016 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. We also have…
Best of 2016: The State of the Chief Procurement Officer in 2016
Editor’s Note: This week on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2016 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. We also have…
Happy Holidays!
May your savings always be realized and your spend well-managed! Our best wishes to you and yours for a healthy and happy 2017 – from all of us at Ardent…
Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: Natural Language Processing
Editor’s Note: Did you miss last week’s webinar, The Procurement (and Sourcing) Technology Outlook for 2017? Do not despair, we recorded it for you to listen at your leisure. Click…
Uncertainty Looms for 2017 – Part I
We have said for a few years now that this is an exciting time to work in procurement. Given the state of the world, that might be an understatement. And given…
Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: Artificial Intelligence
Editor's Note: Did you miss yesterday's webinar, The Procurement (and Sourcing) Technology Outlook for 2017? Do not despair, we recorded it for you to listen at your leisure. Click here…
Technology Round-Up – December 13, 2016
Rosslyn Data Technologies Partners with Dun & Bradstreet for Self-Service Spend Analysis On November 10, London-based Rosslyn Data Technologies, which provides cloud-based big data management and analytics solutions for enterprise procurement…
Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: Advanced Spend Analysis
Ardent Partners’ recent research report, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, chronicles the evolution of sourcing and procurement technologies over the last two decades to where they are today and…
CPO News – December 2, 2016
Vivint Appoints New CPO Vivint Smart Home, the largest smart home services provider in North America, announced this week that it has appointed David Porter as the company’s new Chief Procurement Officer. Porter…
Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: Performance or Savings Management
Ardent Partners’ recent research report, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, chronicles the evolution of sourcing and procurement technologies over the last two decades to where they are today and…