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Payables Place First Thing: Retaining Talent in Accounts Payable and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini December 14, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Last week, I discussed the challenges Accounts Payable (“AP”) and Procurement organizations face attracting talent in today’s hyper-competitive labor market. This week I want to cover the second half of the ‘New…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 322: 2018 Year in Review, Part II

By Christopher Dwyer December 12, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers

The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast continues its “2018 Year in Review Series” this week with another look back at the year that was (check out Part I of our “Year…

Procurement Innovation, Agility, and Uncertainty – New Webinar From Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini December 11, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In an age when enterprise agility, digital transformation, and the continued evolution of the modern company dictate the pace of business (and vice versa), there is no better time for…

Meet the Winners of CPO Rising 2018 – Dennis Silva, CPO of BCNET (Innovator of the Year)

By Andrew Bartolini December 10, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last month at CPO Rising 2018 in Boston, we were very pleased to award Dennis Silva, Chief Procurement Officer at BCNET, British Columbia’s Shared Services organization for higher education, with…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 321: 2018 Year in Review with Andrew Bartolini, Founder and Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer December 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General

The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast kicks off its “2018 Year in Review Series” with a lively discussion with Andrew Bartolini, Founder and Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners. Andrew and…

Webinar! The CPO’s Perspective on 2018: This Year’s Key Highlights, Takeaways, and Observations (12/13)

By Andrew Bartolini December 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

“If you’re always in control, you’re not driving fast enough.” This Mario Andretti quote was frequently referenced at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston last month, and is…

The Importance of People and Talent: Reflections from the 2018 CPO Rising Summit

By Christopher Dwyer November 30, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of a being part of Ardent’s third Annual CPO Rising Summit, the company’s event that is designed “for CPOs by CPOs” at the…

The Metrics that Matter: Strategies to Empower a More Intelligent Procurement Department

By Phil Bartolini November 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists

[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click here to download your copy), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that…

On Rising in 2018: CPOs and Industry Events

By Andrew Bartolini November 20, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology

Two weeks ago, 120 global procurement executives descended on Boston for our Annual CPO Rising Summit. I've been organizing Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)-focused events since 2006 and I still find the…

The Business Case for Supply Risk Management in 2019: By the Numbers

By Andrew Bartolini November 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

There's a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…