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Webinar! The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get BIG Value from BIG Data

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For those working in procurement and supply management, BIG Data is a BIG opportunity...don't let it become a BIG Problem! Join Ardent Partners and Tamr on a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 PM. Learn More and Register Now!…

Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…

3 Ways Accounts Payable and Treasury Can Collaborate

By Andrew Bartolini June 9, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Accounts payable (“AP”) and treasury can and should be natural partners within the average enterprise. AP manages a significant source of cash outflows in the form of supplier payments, and…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 103: The Technology Ecosystem

By Christopher Dwyer June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Episode 102 of Contingent Workforce Weekly featured a discussion of the lessons we can learn from the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team that is only two games…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 102: Lessons Learned from the Golden State Warriors

By Christopher Dwyer June 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

Last week, CPO Rising announced that it will produce my new weekly podcast series, Contingent Workforce Weekly (catch up here if you missed last week’s episode). Every Wednesday at noon,…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – A Series Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini June 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Miss Any of These Events This Spring? Catch Up, Today!

By Andrew Bartolini May 30, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor's Note: It's been a busy few months here at Ardent Partners, and the Memorial Day Weekend has given us a chance to pause and reflect on the ground that…

Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple’s bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in illegal kickbacks from the…

eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…