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The role and strategic agenda of the chief procurement officer (CPO) have evolved over the past decade. In a new weekly series from Ardent Partners, we revisit what defined procurement…
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October 8, 2020
Ardent Partners, the established leader in supply management market research, has identified unprecedented levels of risk across the vastly complex and highly interconnected supply chains that drive and support the…
October 7, 2020
Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Catherine Candland, CEO of nextSource. Catherine and I chat about the continued evolution of the Managed Service…
October 7, 2020
There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory…
October 5, 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…
October 1, 2020
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has been writing about procurement people, processes, technologies, and industry best practices that have helped to propel the profession forward even before the firm’s creation.…
September 30, 2020
According to Ardent’s 2020 State of ePayables market research report, 62% of AP leaders stated that the pandemic did not create a need to invest in automation, as accounts payable processes were…
September 30, 2020
Another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Chris Johnson, Director of Industry Strategy at Checkr. Chris and I chat about the growth of the…
September 29, 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…
September 28, 2020
[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on October 1st at 2 PM ET for the Sourcing Smarter: Accelerating Procurement’s Impact webinar, sponsored by Scout RFP.] In the last six months, procurement…
September 25, 2020
Today’s article is a friendly reminder that there are only three weeks left to nominate your favorite CPOs, procurement leaders and teams for their performance. On November 17th, Ardent Partners…
