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Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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

By Christopher Dwyer October 25, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

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

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Bill Michels

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 24, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back to CPO Rising Bill Michels, CEO at Aripart Consulting and a longtime procurement practitioner. We had the chance to catch up with Bill…

Procurement Influencer Series: Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ – Part II

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 23, 2017Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. Picking up…

AP’s Evolving Role in Cash Management

By Phil Bartolini October 20, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy1 Comment

From hard coinage to electronic funds, cash has been the basic building block of business success for centuries. Cash allows enterprises to pay employees, fulfill debt obligations, invest in new…

Technology Round-Up – October 19, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 19, 2017Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

The Path to Total Workforce Management, Part I: Total Talent Intelligence

By Christopher Dwyer October 18, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

Traditional approaches to work and managing the modern workforce are becoming less impactful and will eventually become obsolete. Today’s global market feeds on agility, flexibility, and innovation; enterprise programs related…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Walter Charles of Biogen

By Andrew Bartolini October 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Walter Charles III is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Biogen. As the article below highlights, he is also a highly-successful innovator who has consistently over-delivered in every procurement role that…

Procurement Influencer Series: Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ – Part I

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2017Articles, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity…