March 18, 2024
Last week I attended my first solution provider conference (as an analyst) since COVID-19. Ivalua hosted the European edition of Ivalua Now in beautiful Versailles just outside Paris. According to…
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August 4, 2011
In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners’ recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process “which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…
August 2, 2011
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
July 28, 2011
Take a second and think about a bridge, any bridge, your favorite bridge if you have one (do people have favorite bridges?). Although I’ve spent a fair amount of time…
July 26, 2011
Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This…
July 22, 2011
The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…
July 19, 2011
While I personally find the adoption rates of supply management technologies in the marketplace to be generally disappointing (for example, eProcurement solutions, which only 52% of enterprises have adopted[1]) and…
July 14, 2011
Somehow, I have been sitting on this discussion with a global procurement leader for far too long. I share with you now, the verbatim Q&A conducted several months ago. How has…
July 12, 2011
Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE and Security Management at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (of the Montepaschi Group) has returned with us today to join…
July 8, 2011
Having been immersed in the world of supply management technology (development, packaging, usage) for many years, I was startled by the market adoption numbers I found in my first market…
July 6, 2011
I have the great fortune to be working on an interesting strategy consulting project (procurement-related) for a multi-national that will keep me in Europe for the next few weeks. I…
