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Ardent Announces New Roundtable Event for Procurement Execs. (6/14)

By Phil Bartolini May 9, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Future of Work, General, People

Ardent Partners And The Future Of Work Exchange Invite Procurement Executives To Attend This Inaugural Future Of Work Event Ardent Partners’ 2022 research has shown that: 94% of all businesses…

Procurement’s Key Value Drivers in the Financial Services Industry

By Andrew Bartolini April 25, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

With heightened levels of regulation, competition, and risk, procurement departments in the financial services sector, by and large, are more heavily scrutinized and their performance, and that of their suppliers…

CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini April 22, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Ardent Partners Monthly Webinar Series CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution 2022 will be one of the most challenging years yet for CPOs and their teams. But there is also…

The “Innovative” Impact of Contract Solutions – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Over the last few years, the contract management (or contract lifecycle management) solution space has seen some exciting new innovations, after lagging behind other areas in the supply management space…

The “Innovative” Impact of Contract Solutions – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Three Breakthrough Procurement Technology Predictions for 2022

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Technology

For nearly a decade, our team gathers to discuss and review the prior year and lay out plans for the new one. We review, in depth, the key findings and…

Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Leading a Procurement Organization

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People

On January 4, 2010, Ardent Partners launched CPO Rising as a new resource to procurement leaders around the world. The site tagline then (and now) was (and is) straight and to the…

To BoB or Not to BoB? That is the Question (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Suites or Best of Breed (aka “BoB”) For most enterprises in 2021, technology has become a powerful enabler of the sustainable efficiencies and strategic value that can transform operations and…

CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution

By Phil Bartolini April 4, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

In 2022, more procurement departments than ever before are mining new insights and impacting performance with the use of advanced analytics. As long time analysts, it is clear that a…

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing Prior to my time as an analyst, I was a strategic sourcing consultant, or more specifically, an eSourcing consultant, since I always used an…