August 1, 2025
The role and strategic agenda of the chief procurement officer (CPO) have evolved over the past decade. In this ongoing series, we revisit what defined procurement and the CPO’s agenda…
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November 18, 2020
This week’s all-new Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a discussion regarding the early and promising news of in-progress COVID-19 vaccines and how it impacts 2021 workforce planning. As businesses begin…
November 13, 2020
Readers and friends alike, you are cordially invited to attend the Fifth Annual CPO Honors Ceremony which will be held next Tuesday November 17th at 11:00 am ET. The CPO Honors Ceremony is an…
November 12, 2020
Register Here Join us next Tuesday at 11 am ET as four very distinguished CPOs present their ideas, insights, views, and plans in a webinar designed specifically for procurement executives.…
November 12, 2020
Ardent Partners Launches Definitive VMS Market Report New Study Addresses Vendor Management System (VMS) Technology Market BOSTON, MA, November 12, 2020 Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced…
November 11, 2020
For over a decade, Ardent Partners has leveraged a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (versus all others) by analyzing a specific set of benchmark criteria. Over…
November 10, 2020
In today’s competitive landscape, set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and pervasive economic uncertainty, talent engagement is more important than ever before. Not surprisingly, direct sourcing has become…
November 9, 2020
Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…
November 6, 2020
Procurement’s Impact in 2020 Today, most CPOs and other procurement executives are well aware of the impact that their teams can make and the longer-term context of that impact. Ardent…
