The Making of a Chief Procurement Officer
Publisher's Note: We at Ardent Partners are still pretty jazzed from our second annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit, which we wrapped up less than 24 hours ago. It was an engaging,…
The Path to Total Workforce Management, Part II: Total Talent Acquisition
Traditional approaches to work and managing the modern workforce are becoming less impactful and will eventually become obsolete. Today’s global market feeds on agility, flexibility, and innovation; enterprise programs related…
Spend Analysis: A Primer for Beginners
Editor's Note: At this point, many of our readers ought to know not only what spend analysis is, but also its value proposition. Still, it is worthwhile to revisit the…
How to Navigate Your Spend Analysis Journey: Guideposts for Optimal Solution Selection (Webinar!)
On Tuesday, November 14 at 2 PM ET, join Ardent Partners' Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and SpendHQ's Chief Revenue Officer, David Bush, for a complimentary webinar entitled, How to Navigate…
The Path to Total Workforce Management, Part I: Total Talent Intelligence
Traditional approaches to work and managing the modern workforce are becoming less impactful and will eventually become obsolete. Today’s global market feeds on agility, flexibility, and innovation; enterprise programs related…
Supplier Performance and Risk Management – Bosom Buddies
Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 216: The Link Between Contingent Workforce Management and the Future of Work
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast not only teases some early research findings from the upcoming State of Contingent Workforce Management 2017-2018 research study, but also…
CPO Rising 2017: Procurement Hurdles (and last chance to download!)
While the tech adoption and mastery issues discussed previously here on CPO Rising are not unique to procurement departments, the major hurdles that Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) face in pursuit of their…
New Webinar from Ardent Partners – The State of ePayables 2017
The speed and complexity of business continue to accelerate, forcing Accounts Payable (AP) and finance professionals to adapt to new market conditions and react to new challenges and opportunities. The…
Webinar! Strategic Spend Management – Last Chance to Register (9/27)!
"By surveying thousands of distinct organizations over the years, Ardent Partners has been able to clearly establish that the groups that manage very high levels of spend perform significantly better…