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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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September 11, 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…
September 10, 2020
For too many years, Accounts Payable (“AP”) has lacked the voice and credibility needed to accomplish a transformation without the support of others. However, in the face of extraordinary times…
September 9, 2020
Welcome to the (end of) Summer edition of CPO News! Over the past couple months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…
September 9, 2020
This week on the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, we discuss why business leadership must be reimagined in the face of new Future of Work shifts towards empathy and flexibility. Tune…
September 8, 2020
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
September 7, 2020
The first Monday of September in the United States (and Canada) is a federal holiday called Labor Day. According to the US Department of Labor, “Labor Day is a creation of the labor…
September 4, 2020
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…
September 3, 2020
[Publisher’s note: Ardent Partners new report is now available – 2020 B2B Payments Technology Landscape please click here – Request the report (practitioners with business email only) today!] Each year, Ardent Partners conducts…
September 2, 2020
Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of ePayables automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing…
September 1, 2020
The strategy known as “direct sourcing” has become synonymous with the continued evolution of talent. Businesses that desire true organizational and workforce agility are actively harnessing the power of talent…
