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The Business Case for Supply Risk Management in 2019: By the Numbers

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

There's a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…

Best-in-Class Procurement Leaders Recognized for Outstanding Achievement at the CPO Honors 2018 Gala

By Andrew Bartolini November 16, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Executives from Rio Tinto, Harvard University, Brighthouse Financial, BCNET, and Watermark Retirement Communities take home awards during Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising Summit BOSTON, November 16 — Ardent Partners, a…

The Evolution of the VMS Platform: A Discussion with Shashank Saxena, CEO/Co-Founder of VNDLY

By Christopher Dwyer November 15, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today’s contingent workforce management (CWM) programs run on two key elements: talent and technology. As CWM initiatives continue to progress to keep up with the demand of the agile enterprise,…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 319: The Consumerization of Work

By Christopher Dwyer November 14, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. On tap this week: a quick recap of last week’s annual CPO Rising Summit (held in Boston at the…

Recognizing Scott Singer, the CPO Rising Hall of Fame’s 2018 Inductee

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy3 Comments

In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading CPOs…

Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off with Powerful Procurement Insights

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Technology1 Comment

Chief Procurement Officers from North America and Around the Globe Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 7 — Today, more than 135 procurement professionals and executives will…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Vice President of Global Procurement and Global Real Estate at Thermo Fisher Scientific, for nearly a decade. And I am beyond thrilled to welcome him back to Boston tomorrow morning as…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part I

By Andrew Bartolini November 6, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry, CPO Rising 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, Senior Advisor at Supplier.ai, and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of 2016.…

Payables Place First Thing: What Does It Take to Implement a Successful Payment Strategy?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 2, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Early payment discounts, dynamic discounting (DD), supply chain finance (SCF), the time value of money, the cost of capital, the cash conversion cycle, days sales outstanding (DSO), days payables outstanding (DPO),…