June 24, 2024
One of the longest-standing complaints from procurement professionals I’ve heard throughout my 20+ year career is: “we don’t get involved early enough.” The complaint certainly has merit. The earlier sourcing…
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June 25, 2014
Over the past month and a half, we’ve featured a series entitled, “Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro,” wherein we’ve defined 14 core procurement skills and discussed their importance to…
June 24, 2014
Last week, in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Vendor Management System (VMS) technology provider Beeline held its annual user conference. The event, in which nearly 100 customers of the solution provider convened,…
June 23, 2014
I recently attended OpenText’s analyst day at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston where I gained my first broad introduction to the company, its solutions, and executive roster, including President and CEO…
June 23, 2014
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly geared towards our…
June 20, 2014
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly geared towards our…
June 19, 2014
We hope you are enjoying our “Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro” Series. Today is the 14th and final skill in the series. l’ll be back soon with some summary…
June 18, 2014
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and the focus of this report is exactly geared towards the readers of CPO Rising (CPOs and those who…
June 17, 2014
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities…
June 16, 2014
Welcome to the first article in a series that will examine which internal unit owns responsibility for the vast array of intricate attributes of contemporary contingent workforce management. Today’s article…
June 13, 2014
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year’s study] introduced accounts payable’s new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their…
