
Part of the Ardent Partners team made it to Vegas this week for the Coupa Inspire conference. You can expect another article or two covering the briefings, presentations, and conversations…
CPO RISING – THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Part of the Ardent Partners team made it to Vegas this week for the Coupa Inspire conference. You can expect another article or two covering the briefings, presentations, and conversations…
Publisher’s Note:Ā This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Who wants to be a CPO? Given the responsibilities, exposure,…
On Monday this Chief Procurement Officer news hit the AP wire. DuPont Names Shelley Stewart as Vice President of Sourcing & Logistics and Chief Procurement Officer (AP) June 4 –…
While working on the recent articles that have focused on the importance of developing and maintaining an active Sourcing Pipeline and how to identify the best sourcing opportunities, I started…
Exerting influence on spend or, better yet, exerting proactive influence on spend is one of the major goals (compliance is another) in placing spend under management. When it comes to…
On the heels of a long week and a long weekend, I’ll keep this final article on compliance short and to the point (click to read the two preceding articles,…
We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a…
The procurement-themed events held at SAP’s SAPPHIRE in Orlando last Monday night were abuzz with the rumor that SAP was going to make a huge cloud procurement announcement the next…
Ardent Partners’ Report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, showed that the average compliance rate in the market today is 62.9%. Not exactly great but it is…
A maverick is defined as “a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. Synonyms: nonconformist, individualist;…
Congratulations! If you’ve read the links below, you have successfully completed CPO Rising’s ePayables 101 course, an immersion program focused on AP Automation and Transformation. The Challenges The Opportunities The…
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