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Technology Round-Up – November 16, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 16, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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

Five Production and Delivery Capabilities to Consider in a Supplier

By Andrew Bartolini November 14, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published a new sourcing-themed report, Beyond Price: Finding the Right Suppliers Using Sophisticated Sourcing Strategies. If you would like to access the report, it is available for…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back CPO Rising Hall of Famer, Hal Good

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer, to CPO Rising 2017. He will host an Expert Roundtable…

Spend Analysis: A Primer for Beginners

By Andrew Bartolini November 3, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: At this point, many of our readers ought to know not only what spend analysis is, but also its value proposition. Still, it is worthwhile to revisit the…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back John Zagata of Enbridge

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 31, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome John Zagata, Director of Indirect Goods and Services for Enbridge, back to Boston in a week for The CPO Rising 2017 Summit. John will deliver…

How to Navigate Your Spend Analysis Journey: Guideposts for Optimal Solution Selection (Webinar!)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 30, 2017Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

On Tuesday, November 14 at 2 PM ET, join Ardent Partners' Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and SpendHQ's Chief Revenue Officer, David Bush, for a complimentary webinar entitled, How to Navigate…

Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Jeffrey Ball, CPO of Digital First Media

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Ball, Chief Procurement Officer of Digital First Media, to CPO Rising 2017. Jeff will deliver a presentation entitled “Putting the ‘Strategic’ in Strategic…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Bill Michels

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 24, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back to CPO Rising Bill Michels, CEO at Aripart Consulting and a longtime procurement practitioner. We had the chance to catch up with Bill…

Technology Round-Up – October 19, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 19, 2017Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology