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Throwback Thursday: CPO Debate — Mandate or Sell the New Initiative?

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, 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…

Monday First Thing: The CPO’s Metrics that Matter in 2019 — New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini June 24, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In 2019, having access to accurate, real-time metrics is a game-changer – perhaps now more than ever. Establishing and measuring relevant metrics allows an organization to understand its “current state”…

How eSourcing Helps You Manage Supply Chain Risks (Guest Post)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 21, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Prokuria. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Waves

By Andrew Bartolini June 20, 2019Articles, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Technology Round-Up — June 19, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 19, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, 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 — June 5, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 5, 2019Articles, Process, 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 — May 22, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 22, 2019Articles, 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,…

Throwback Thursday: How eSourcing Can Help Limit Procurement Fraud

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Throwback Thursday: Business or Sourcing: What Skills Do CPOs Want More?

By Andrew Bartolini May 9, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua’s bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which it held in…