Best of 2020: The Elements of Procurement Mastery – Leadership During Times of Crisis
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2020 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Best of 2020: The Key Criteria for Supply Management Solution Selection
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2020 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Planning for 2021? A Few Thoughts for Chief Procurement Officers
Tomorrow, we start our annual Best of the Year, which is always great time to reflect and look at where we have been this past year. Today, however, we look…
Defining Procurement-led Innovation
Innovation is such a wonderfully powerful word and such a wonderfully broad concept. Innovation can be complex; but, it can also be simple. Some innovations are market-driven while others are…
How 2020 Validated the Promise of Digital Transformation (NEW WEBINAR)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like after the Great Recession, CPOs…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – What the Pandemic Means for Your Workforce Session
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Workday Strategic Sourcing (fka Scout RFP)
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
Throwback Thursday: Artificial Intelligence: Making the Procurement World Smarter
[Editor's Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on artificial intelligence in the world of procurement.] If procurement 4.0 technologies are making the world…
Black Friday Deals (not really!)… Upcoming Webinars (yes, really!)
Webinar Descriptions To celebrate “Black Friday” Ardent Partners has put two “door-busting” webinars on the agenda. These dynamic presentations are designed for CPOs, procurement, P2P and AP leaders and will…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – CPO Rising 2020: Continuity, Resilience, Recovery Session
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…