An Afternoon with Genpact: The Future of the Digital Enterprise
The very idea of “digital transformation” is an intricate one. While many organizations may desire to be the next great digital enterprise, the truth is that there is so much…
From Industry 4.0 to Procurement 4.0: Turning Innovative Ideas into Innovation
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…
Are We Really Headed Towards Recession in 2019?
My wife and I recently met with a real estate agent who, years ago, helped us buy our first home. He's been representing home buyers and sellers for more than…
New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function
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…
The Accounts Payable Metrics That Matter: AP Keys To Success (People)
[Editor's Note: Over the next few weeks, Ardent Partners will be discussing its latest eBook, The Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019, co-authored by Ardent's Founder and Chief Research…
A Briefing with Scopeworker: Three Takeaways
Although the world of work is changing at a rapid clip, with the Future of Work and agile workforce both revolutionizing how businesses manage their talent and projects, there is…
Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?
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
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
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…
Three Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Conducting E-Auctions
Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…