The Making of a Chief Procurement Officer
Publisher's Note: We at Ardent Partners are still pretty jazzed from our second annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit, which we wrapped up less than 24 hours ago. It was an engaging,…
Voice of the CPO: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2017 Summit
Missed the event? Hear the highlights! Register for our complimentary webinar on November 21 at 2:00 PM EST (click to register). On November 8 & 9, more than 130 Chief Procurement Officers and…
Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights
Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights Leading Procurement Executives from Flex, Google, Biogen, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November…
Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back CPO Rising Hall of Famer, Hal Good
Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer, to CPO Rising 2017. He will host an Expert Roundtable…
Spend Analysis: A Primer for Beginners
Editor's Note: At this point, many of our readers ought to know not only what spend analysis is, but also its value proposition. Still, it is worthwhile to revisit the…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 219: November Listener Mailbag Edition
This week’s brand new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast is a “listener mailbag” for November. Topics tackled this week include: Why adoption of artificial intelligence-led functionality is low…
Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back John Zagata of Enbridge
Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome John Zagata, Director of Indirect Goods and Services for Enbridge, back to Boston in a week for The CPO Rising 2017 Summit. John will deliver…
Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have
Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 218: The Enterprise of the Future
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s main topic of discussion is the “enterprise of the future,” and how specific attributes related to the…
Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Jeffrey Ball, CPO of Digital First Media
Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Ball, Chief Procurement Officer of Digital First Media, to CPO Rising 2017. Jeff will deliver a presentation entitled “Putting the ‘Strategic’ in Strategic…