Five Procurement Strategies to Unlock Greater Value
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Increased Technology Risks in the Age of COVID-19 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…
Is Spend Under Management Still Procurement’s Gold Standard
Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful Chief Procurement Officers and procurement organizations that have…
Procurement Metrics for the New Decade (New Webinar)
There is significant uncertainty, disruption, and risk within procurement teams, as well as within their extended supply chains. Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) find themselves at the end of a bull market,…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – A New World (of) Orders: Rethinking the Global Supply Chain 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…
The Dog Days of Summer
[Editor’s note: it has become somewhat of a tradition for us at CPO Rising to bring you “The Dog Days of Summer” in late August, so we thought we’d re-publish…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Prevent, Manage, Recover: Key Strategies to Execute a Business Continuity Plan 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…
REMINDER – Submit Nominations for CPO Honors 2020
Today’s article is a friendly reminder that this fall, Ardent Partners will recognize Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), their teams, and a select group of industry experts and providers for outstanding…
Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement, Part 3
Our ongoing series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written continues today with Part Three of CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science…
Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Speaker Spotlight: Mark Manning
In April and May, 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…