January 28, 2026
Did you miss the recent webinar “2025 Wrapped: Procurement’s Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and Shifts,” featuring Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, and Chahat Sharma, head of customer…
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August 25, 2021
As many businesses faced tough times due to supply chain issues, worker and workplace restrictions, broad-based operational disruptions, and major revenue shortfalls, executives had to contend with health and safety…
August 24, 2021
[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Ardent’s “Future of Work Exchange” website. A “FOWX Alert” – The Exchange’s coverage and analysis of the Future of Work industry’s most important…
August 23, 2021
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks represent the performance and operational results of the average procurement department in the market today. The percentage of spend under management at the average enterprise sits…
August 20, 2021
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead,…
August 19, 2021
Procurement in the Fast Lane: Key Metrics for the CPO’s Dashboard On the racetrack, professional drivers believe that if everything seems under control, you are not driving fast enough. The…
August 18, 2021
An all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly episode, sponsored by DZConneX, a Yoh company, features a discussion with Matt Pietsch, Chief Strategy Officer at High5. Matt and I chat…
August 17, 2021
Last week, Randstad Sourceright announced the appointment of Paul Vincent as its Global Head of Services Procurement. In this Future of Work Exchange feature, Paul joins us to talk about…
August 16, 2021
Peter Drucker said the difference between management and leadership is “doing things right” (i.e., management) and “doing the right things” (i.e., leadership). The procurement profession needs more and stronger leadership.…
August 13, 2021
Last year, Ardent Partners predicted that the global business landscape would experience a sharp uptick in the utilization of non-employee labor as a direct result of the pandemic’s sweeping impact…
August 12, 2021
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move forward, they have the…
