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February 22, 2013
From the Archives (May 19, 2010) but, with a few updates: This one is worth another look if simply for the picture – Wow! In January of 2007, “Mister Softee”…
February 19, 2013
From the Archives (May, 18, 2010 but, with a few updates): I was recently reminded of this article as I exchanged notes with the the CPO profiled in this article…
February 15, 2013
Concentra is a health care company that provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services to workers and the general public from 308 medical centers in 40 states.…
February 14, 2013
Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing key findings from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score. And, I will continue to share findings going forward.…
February 12, 2013
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading…
February 8, 2013
Another great article from Vishal Patel, the research director in charge of all ePayables research at Ardent Partners. He is also the editor-in-chief of Payables Place, a site that is…
February 7, 2013
Over the last few articles, we have looked at collaboration – first I looked at collaboration from the CPO’s perspective and then, Vishal looked at it from the accounts payable…
February 4, 2013
In 2012, our Category Sourcing Scorecard series was one of the most popular. As a reminder the Scorecard was a tool developed by Ardent Partners to help sourcing teams prioritize…
January 31, 2013
Today, I am pleased to welcome Vishal Patel back to these pages. Vishal will be a more frequent contributor to CPO Rising in 2013, which is good news for everyone.…
January 29, 2013
Today, we continue our discussion of the State of the Chief Procurement Officer (Part one is here) This article is based upon the research found in Ardent Partners’ annual CPO…
