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From Industry 4.0 to Procurement 4.0: Turning Innovative Ideas into Innovation

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 18, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor's Note: Andrew Bartolini's Monday First Thing article will return next week at its usual day and time. In the meantime, we invite you to consider the specific ways that Industry 4.0…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…

Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

CPO News — March 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…

Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

Monday First Thing: Are You a Specialist or a Generalist?

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

“People always ask if I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little kid. But, you have to remember when I was a farm boy growing up in…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (2)

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

New Webinar – The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation Click Here to Register The business world is forcing its executives, like the Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”), to adapt to changing market…

Monday First Thing: Celebrating 25 Years of eAuctions and the Digital Procurement Journey

By Andrew Bartolini February 18, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today we welcome our first "Monday First Thing" guest "contributor to the fold. And we couldn't be more pleased than to start with Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime "friend of the…