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Five Considerations When Selecting a Business Network

By Vishal Patel February 25, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective…

Concentra: An ePayables Case Study

By Vishal Patel February 15, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Concentra is a health care company that provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services to workers and the general public from 308 medical centers in 40 states.…

The Value of Accounts Payable

By Vishal Patel February 8, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Another great article from Vishal Patel, the research director in charge of all ePayables research at Ardent Partners. He is also the editor-in-chief of Payables Place, a site that is…

Driving Savings: How to Use the Category Sourcing Scorecard

By Andrew Bartolini February 4, 2013Articles, Events, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing

In 2012, our Category Sourcing Scorecard series was one of the most popular. As a reminder the Scorecard was a tool developed by Ardent Partners to help sourcing teams prioritize…

Stop, Collaborate & Listen

By Vishal Patel January 31, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Today, I am pleased to welcome Vishal Patel back to these pages. Vishal will be a more frequent contributor to CPO Rising in 2013, which is good news for everyone.…

Batteries Not Included

By Andrew Bartolini January 14, 2013Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy

Batteries Not Included. If you were born before 1980, you know this phrase and it is likely to evoke memories of opening a toy gift during the holidays and having…

Category Sourcing Scorecard – User Instructions

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2012Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

As I mentioned last time, Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available by clicking here (reg. required) and brought to you by BravoSolution. For those of you who have…

The Category Sourcing Scorecard is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2012Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts discussing the creation of a Category Sourcing Scorecard. Today, I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is…

Ardent Partners’ Plans for 2013

By Andrew Bartolini December 3, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the New Year just around the corner, we…

CPO Rising’s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini November 26, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO…