On the Bubble
March Madness ended on Monday (yesterday, if you follow women's college basketball) and Monday's game, like many that I watched was very competitive and went down to the last minute,…
Rites of Spring (2014): Procurement’s “Annual Cleaning”
Although it's still a little chilly in our neck of the wood (Boston), spring is officially upon us so, now is the time to move those sweaters to the bottom…
Great Moments in Procurement History
The fine readers of this fine site are well aware that the CEO of the world's best known (and most beloved?) company, Tim Cook CEO of Apple used to a…
April Webinars Bring May… Results (Hubwoo – April 9)
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we'll share (and invite you to) our…
Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity
[Publisher's note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the "larger" themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP's announcement on Wednesday to acquire…
Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass
Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types…
Cross Pollination
First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…
Fail-safe
When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…
Procurement’s Evolution, Part II: Convergence with Travel
Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise…
Announcing the “CPO Rising 2014” Survey
Ardent Partners conducts one procurement-themed market research study each year and I'd like to invite you to participate in it - our annual CPO Rising research effort - by clicking…