Voice of the CPO: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2016 Summit
Missed the event? Hear the highlights! Register for our complimentary webinar on April 12 at 2:00 PM EST (click to register). On March 29 and 30, more than 130 Chief…
Bob Kane: an “Old School” CPO with a “New School” Style
Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Robert “Bob” Kane to CPO Rising 2016 today in Boston, where he will give a talk on Managing Risk in a Global Supply Chain.…
This is It: Your Last Chance to Download the 2015-2016 “State of CWM” Report
By now, we’ve already discussed the stats: 35% of today’s total workforce is considered non-employee, a 10% growth over last year. And, better yet: within the next few years, nearly…
CPO Rising 2016 Summit: Sourcing, Supply Risk, and Contract Management
The modern procurement executive must focus on a number of functional areas in order to remain competitive in today’s business world. This includes tasks like managing supplier relationships, sourcing the…
Technology Round-Up – March 24, 2016
E2Open Acquires Terra Technology On March 8, E2Open (NASDAQ: EOPN), a California-based provider of supply chain collaboration, planning, and execution solutions for the cloud, announced that it acquired Terra Technology, the Connecticut-based…
CPO Rising 2016 Summit: Showcasing the Value of Sourcing Across All Categories
Developing and maintaining an effective sourcing program is one of many game-changers that Ardent Partners has espoused for procurement teams over the last several years. Running a sourcing program that…
Ardent Partners Welcomes Harold “Hal” Good, Procurement Luminary, to CPO Rising 2016!
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…
CPO Rising 2016 Summit: Agility and Innovation Will Keep Procurement Valuable
As the business world becomes more interconnected, all procurement departments now find that they must remain “on their toes” in order to be competitive on a global scale. Procurement teams…
How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Contract Management
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…
UPCOMING WEBINAR: Tackling the Issues of Globalization, Growth, and Complexity
There’s no doubt that the business world is changing, sometimes moving so quickly that procurement professionals have little time to catch up, or even position themselves to develop the necessary…