
As one of the few industry analysts with roughly a quarter century focused on and working in procurement, it was surprising to me how little I knew about the multi-billion…
CPO RISING – THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

As one of the few industry analysts with roughly a quarter century focused on and working in procurement, it was surprising to me how little I knew about the multi-billion…
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Editor’s Note: In honor of Ardent Partners’ inaugural CPO Rising procurement executive summit, we bring to you today four more meetings and events management articles that you should read. Enjoy!…

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Robert “Bob” Kane to CPO Rising 2016 today in Boston, where he will give a talk on Managing Risk in a Global Supply Chain.…

By now, we’ve already discussed the stats: 35% of today’s total workforce is considered non-employee, a 10% growth over last year. And, better yet: within the next few years, nearly…

The modern procurement executive must focus on a number of functional areas in order to remain competitive in today’s business world. This includes tasks like managing supplier relationships, sourcing the…

The skills that accounts payable (“AP”) teams will need to succeed in the months and years ahead are evolving rapidly. Skills that involve more transactional duties are becoming less important…

E2Open Acquires Terra Technology On March 8, E2Open (NASDAQ: EOPN), a California-based provider of supply chain collaboration, planning, and execution solutions for the cloud, announced that it acquired Terra Technology, the Connecticut-based…

Developing and maintaining an effective sourcing program is one of many game-changers that Ardent Partners has espoused for procurement teams over the last several years. Running a sourcing program that…

The tsunami of big data has broken over the enterprise for 15 years, drowning the average business operation in a deluge of financial and operational information. In terms of the…

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…
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