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Throwback Thursday: Agility — Source Like a Cheetah

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2019Articles, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Become a Sourcing Superhero with These Three Tips

By Andrew Bartolini December 16, 2019Articles, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be bitten by a radioactive spider to become a superhero. As Batman has proven time and time again, you just need the…

NEW WEBINAR – The Advent of Strategic Procurement – 12/10

By Andrew Bartolini December 9, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

After a century of slow progression, procurement has become a strategic business function in roughly a generation’s time. The move from the back office was not trivial, and the transformation…

CPO News — December 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing

Welcome to the winter edition of CPO News! Over the past several months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and we wanted…

Technology Round-Up — November 27, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 27, 2019Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

The Future of Work and Procurement: Are They Linked?

By Christopher Dwyer November 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The world of work is now in a state of perpetual change, consistently floating through the spectrum of evolution due to the progressions of technology, business thinking, and major economic…

Workday to Acquire Scout RFP for $540 Million

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The News On Monday, news broke that Workday, which provides cloud-based ERP tools for finance, HR, and enterprise planning, reached a definitive agreement to acquire Scout RFP, a cloud-based procurement and strategic…

Technology Round-Up — November 7, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 7, 2019Articles, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Technology Round-Up — November 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 6, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – David Kern, Head of Global Procurement, TripAdvisor

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 23, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

David Kern is an experienced professional with 20 years of proven success within procurement, real estate, capital oversight, and implementation of accounting/payment platforms. David currently serves as the Head of…