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Measuring Procurement Performance – Not So Easy After All

By Andrew Bartolini September 22, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners' analysts and 150 global procurement and supply chain leaders and practitioners for Ardent's second-annual CPO Rising Procurement Executive Summit here in Boston on November 8…

Technology Round-Up – September 21, 2017

By Andrew Bartolini September 21, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 214: Conversation with Jeff Wald, Co-Founder and President of WorkMarket

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In this week’s edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, I sat down with WorkMarket co-founder and president, Jeff Wald, to discuss a variety of topics related to the evolving…

Total Workforce Management’s Place in the New World of Work

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Editor’s Note: If you’re interested in learning more about the progressive workforce model discussed in today’s article, download our latest report, The Modern Guide to Total Workforce Management, by clicking…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Uldis Sipols

By Andrew Bartolini September 19, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

I’ve known Uldis Sipols for many years and am pleased to announce that he will be serving as the Chairperson on Day One of the CPO Rising 2017 Summit. Uldis…

Webinar! Strategic Spend Management: Best-in-Class Strategies for CPO Success

By Andrew Bartolini September 18, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and special guests from BuyerQuest and Kimberly-Clark in an exclusive webinar on Wednesday, September 27th at 2 PM ET, sponsored by BuyerQuest, where they will…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 213: New World of Work, New World of Innovation

By Christopher Dwyer September 13, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we discuss how the question of “How will work get done” is actively driving not only a new…

Supply Management Technology: Key Solution Selection Criteria

By Andrew Bartolini September 13, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Earlier this year, I conducted my yearly procurement benchmark study, CPO Rising, and surveyed more than 300 Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other supply management leaders and practitioners on current trends in procurement…

Getting Agile and Efficient with Modern Contract Management Tools

By Andrew Bartolini September 11, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today as in years past, the speed of business continues to increase. Markets evolve, products improve, requirements change, and timelines shrink. Time gets more valuable every year, particularly as workloads increase…

CPO Rising 2017: Technology Mastery

By Andrew Bartolini September 8, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy, Technology

There is a very clear difference between doing something and doing something well. This concept rings true for the users of supply management technology who, by and large, struggle to…