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Ardent Partners and the Institute of Financial Operations Announce Alliance and First Event

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Today we are pleased to officially announce our multi-year alliance with The Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”). The IFO is the newly rebranded name of the organization that includes the…

The CPO Scorecard™

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy4 Comments

For those who have taken the survey for my next report – a sincere thanks! For those that have not yet, please consider spending a few minutes today taking the…

Keeping Score

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, GeneralNo Comments

In the survey for our upcoming research report, we pose the question: Savings impact on procurement bonuses: To what extent do savings results drive your bonus structure? Less than 25%…

RESEARCH SURVEY – Innovative Ideas for the Next Decade (Please Read and React)

By Andrew Bartolini April 27, 2011Articles, GeneralNo Comments

It’s favor time again and this one is important to me. Ardent Partners is planning a single market research effort focused on CPOs and other procurement executives in 2011. Starting…

The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews

By Andrew Bartolini March 18, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

We are only in the early stages of our Chief Procurement Officers on the Rise in 2011, but before we resume, I wanted to highlight a few excerpts from my…

And Now, A Word About Our Sponsors

By Andrew Bartolini February 4, 2011Articles, General1 Comment

Happy Groundhog Day! – just kidding The most watched sports event in the United States takes place this Sunday in Dallas - Super Bowl XLV kicks off on Sunday at…

Webinar: Five New Year’s Resolutions for More Effective T&E Management

By Andrew Bartolini January 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, StrategyNo Comments

Over the years, my supply management research has, at times, taken a process focus or a technology focus or an industry focus or a regional focus or a role focus.…

The Formula

By Andrew Bartolini November 3, 2010Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

I find it interesting that Ardent Partners’ recently published research report, Sourcing in the 2010s: The Formula for Success (registration required), is, at its core, a report about spend analysis.…

Monday Morning Query – Can Sourcing be Strategic Without the “e?”

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2010Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

MMQ - Can sourcing be strategic without the “e?” The Context In this day and age, can a sourcing process that eschews process automation be considered a truly strategic process?…

Sourcing – The Formula for Success

By Andrew Bartolini October 29, 2010Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology4 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that Ardent Partners, a leading analyst firm focused on supply management (and in case you forgot, the partner entity to CPO Rising), has published its first…