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Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…
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September 25, 2024
Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…
September 23, 2024
In our series on supplier management, we have now come to supplier risk. This is one of the most complex areas in the entire procurement technology space because risk management…
September 20, 2024
Ardent Partners believes that there are “four pillars” that should serve as the foundation for any strategic sourcing program. These are the primary sub-process areas that drive all sourcing activity…
September 18, 2024
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…
September 17, 2024
Join Ardent Partners and Market Dojo on September 26th (2 PM ET) for a discussion on Sprint to Sourcing Gold: Optimize Your Procurement Strategy. As they prepare to close out…
September 16, 2024
Three weeks ago, I started a series on the components of supplier management solutions. So far we’ve covered the platform capabilities (i.e., functionalities used across the other components/modules) and Supplier…
September 13, 2024
Fridays (in 2024) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help…
September 11, 2024
Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…
September 9, 2024
We are happy to announce the official launch of Ardent Partners’ 2024 Strategic Sourcing Technology Advisor report. This is a report designed to guide sourcing and procurement teams through the…
September 6, 2024
Fridays (in 2024) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help…
