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The role and strategic agenda of the chief procurement officer (CPO) have evolved over the past decade. In a new weekly series from Ardent Partners, we revisit what defined procurement…
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May 15, 2019
While cutting costs, increasing savings, and pulling more spend under management is, collectively, a well-worn path for procurement to drive performance, a road less-traveled is through effective supply risk management (SRM).…
May 13, 2019
Publisher’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs…
May 10, 2019
To say that the Vendor Management System (VMS) market has been volatile over the past several years is an understatement. Global VMS provider Beeline has first-hand experienced the true scope…
May 9, 2019
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…
May 8, 2019
Publisher’s Note: This report is no longer available for download. If you enjoy our research be sure to register for our upcoming webinar, The CPO’s Metrics that Matter in 2019,…
May 7, 2019
It has been said here on CPO Rising and in Ardent’s research that there is an inherent link between contingent workforce management (CWM) and the Future of Work, attributed to…
May 6, 2019
CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion is the research project that just keeps on giving…. Join Ardent Partners’ Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Xeeva’s Director of Product Marketing, Jessica…
May 6, 2019
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…
May 3, 2019
Earlier this 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…
May 2, 2019
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…
