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Supplier Discovery and Some Housekeeping

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Technology

dis·cov·er \dis-kə-vər\ verb: (1): to make known or visible; (2): to obtain sight or knowledge of for Supplier Discovery In the relatively new “world” that we call supply management, supplier discovery is one of the…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Nisreen Bagasra, Chief Procurement Officer, Veolia North America

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 11, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Nisreen Bagasra is the Chief Procurement Officer for Veolia North America (VNA) and leads its procurement organization to maximize value and mitigate risk across the company’s supply base, for both…

Throwback Thursday: On Rising in 2018: CPOs and Industry Events

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, 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…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 414: A Conversation with Jason Ezratty, Co-Founder of Brightfield

By Christopher Dwyer October 9, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Solution Providers, Technology

This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features an exciting conversation with Jason Ezratty, co-founder of Brightfield, a workforce management solution provider. Jason and I chat about…

Technology Round-Up — October 9, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 9, 2019Articles, Solution Providers, 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,…

Innovation: The Foundation of the Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Program

By Christopher Dwyer October 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

There are several key factors that determine whether a contingent workforce management (CWM) program is successful: is it a truly value-add initiative? Does it regularly impact bottom-line savings? Does the…

Procurement Needs to Pivot to a Results-Based Approach to Evaluating Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2019Lists, Strategy, Technology

Today’s fast-changing business climate is one that prizes outcomes (and the innovations needed to achieve them) above all else. This has, in turn, created new opportunities for IT and procurement…

The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Over the past decade, industry research has consistently shown that a majority of enterprise technology deployments run over budget and/or beyond schedule, and that failing to achieve expected business results…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 412: A Conversation with Ron Giuntini, Co-Founder of BlueprintAMS

By Christopher Dwyer September 25, 2019Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we had the opportunity to chat with Ron Giuntini, co-founder of BlueprintAMS, a solution focused on disruptive,…

Natural Disasters Need Not Lead to the Demise of Your Supply Chain (Guest Post)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 24, 2019Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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