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Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 2) – Boldness

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs…

Procurement’s Performance Plateau: The Results Are In

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 17, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300…

Throwback Thursday: How eSourcing Can Help Limit Procurement Fraud

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Supply Risk Management: A Best-in-Class Value Driver

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

While cutting costs, increasing savings, and pulling more spend under management is, collectively, a well-worn path for procurement to drive performance, a road less-traveled is through effective supply risk management (SRM).…

Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 1) – Innovation

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: Today's article includes a large excerpt Ardent's annual "State of Procurement" research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs…

Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skills Do CPOs Want More?

By Andrew Bartolini May 9, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

New Report from Ardent Partners, CPO Rising 2019, Available Now!

By Andrew Bartolini May 8, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: This report is no longer available for download. If you enjoy our research be sure to register for our upcoming webinar, The CPO's Metrics that Matter in 2019,…

Insights from CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — New Webinar from Ardent Partners!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion is the research project that just keeps on giving.... Join Ardent Partners' Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Xeeva's Director of Product Marketing, Jessica…

Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua’s bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which it held in…

Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skill Sets Does Your CPO Value Most?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology