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CPO Roundtable Series: Linking Procurement Operations with Enterprise Goals in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

What’s the Best Way to Maximize Your Business Travel Budget? Part I

By Christopher Dwyer April 27, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Today’s article was developed from an interview with resident Ardent Partners business travel / expense management, Christopher J. Dwyer, with the team at MarketWatch. To gain more insight…

Is the “Flex Economy” for Real?

By Christopher Dwyer April 24, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Strategy

The contemporary enterprise finds itself relying more and more on temporary workers to achieve critical corporate objectives, more so than any other era in recent history. In fact, Ardent Partners,…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda – “Nine out of 10 CPOs Agree…”

By Andrew Bartolini April 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

Ardent Partners recently published my annual CPO-themed report - CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (click to download, registration required) - that is drawn from the responses of more than 300…

CPO News – April 22, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 22, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

Carnival Corporation Appoints Julia M. Brown as First Chief Procurement Officer On March 25, Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CUK), the world's largest travel and leisure brand, announced that it has appointed Julia M.…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Report) is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

I am very pleased to announce that my annual CPO Rising report is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). I began publishing an annual CPO-focused report in 2006…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review…

Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over…

Why Should the CFO Care About Contingent Workforce Management?

By Christopher Dwyer April 14, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

The modern-day Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has its hands in a mix of contemporary processes, capabilities, and initiatives. For years, the analyst team at Ardent Partners has spoken of (and…

Spend Analysis & Sourcing: Connecting the Sourcing Dots for Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

I recently exchanged notes with a colleague who commented that recently, CPO Rising seems to have been very focused on operational procurement and complex spend management over the past month…