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Last Chance to Download Ardent Partners’ Newest eBook, Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2019!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing

Procurement, in the new millennium, has been on a remarkable winning streak. But, truth be told, a good number of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) gained their acclaim by simply entering the…

Ardent Partners’ Newest eBook, Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2019, Available for a Limited Time Only!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 30, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past decade, Ardent Partners has conducted more procurement-themed market research studies than any other firm or consultancy in the industry. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Dan Warn, Chief Procurement Officer, athenahealth

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Dan Warn is the Chief Procurement Officer at athenahealth. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and since transitioning from the Army, Dan has spent…

With Manufacturing at a Critical Juncture, SyncFab Pushes Forward with Blockchain

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 23, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Blockchain platforms and applications can be used to expand market opportunities for small- and mid-sized manufacturing companies, which provide the vast majority of parts and components to large manufacturers and…

Throwback Thursday: Déjà vu — Summer Supply Constraints

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

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…

CPO Rising Procurement Influencer Series: Stan Garber & Alex Yakubovich, Co-Founders of Scout RFP

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 9, 2019Articles, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: CPO Rising's Procurement Influencer Series continues today with a unique piece from the co-founders of ScoutRFP. Some time ago, Andrew Bartolini sat down with Stan Garber (President), and…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Greg Tennyson, Head of Global Corporate Services, VSP Global

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Greg Tennyson is the current Global Head of Corporate Services (Sourcing, Procurement, Travel, Real Estate/Facilities, Security and Distribution) at VSP Global. Greg has been a procurement leader and practitioner for…

Technology Round-Up — July 24, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 24, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, 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,…

Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus's Analyst…

The Rise of Analytics for Procurement: Strategies for Success

By Andrew Bartolini June 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article picks up where a previous article, Beyond Savings and Risk: Next-Gen Procurement Analytics are Coming into their Own, left off. There is an enormous amount of value…