Three Strategies for Collaborative Sourcing
The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. New geographies and supply markets have opened up; innovative technologies have…
Research Preview: Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies
Today's article is a preview of a report that Ardent Partners recently published entitled, Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies. The report is sponsored by GEP and interested readers…
Three Prerequisites for Collaborative Sourcing
The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Globalization means that new geographies and supply markets keep opening up;…
BravoAdvantage: Taking Sourcing and Supplier Management to the “Next Level”
Ahead of BravoSolution's user group in London this week, we caught up with Jim Wetekamp, BravoSolution's CEO and Andrea Brody, Bravo's new SVP of Marketing, to get a general update and discuss…
Research Preview – Sailing Downstream: How Source-to-Settle Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015
Today’s article is centered on our recent Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 report, sponsored by Zycus, and available for download here (registration required). This research report discusses the two principal ways…
Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015
Today’s article is centered on our recent Sailing Downstream: Why "Source-to-Settle" Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 report, sponsored by Zycus, and available for download here (registration required). The fact of the matter is…
CPO Roundtable Series: Under Pressure
Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…
Sourcing: Why Enterprises Should Stop Worrying and Love the Procurement Team
The goals of a business haven't changed too much in the 150 years since the procurement function first arose at the dawn of the second industrial revolution - enterprises need…
CPO News – April 22, 2015
Carnival Corporation Appoints Julia M. Brown as First Chief Procurement Officer On March 25, Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CUK), the world's largest travel and leisure brand, announced that it has appointed Julia M.…
Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey
Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over…