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Procurement’s Love Affair with Blockchain: Built to Last, or Destined to Fail?
In mid-2019, it should be no secret that Blockchain distributed ledger technology is disrupting the business world across the board (if you’ve been asleep since 2016 and are just waking... Read more
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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — July 17, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality
Here’s a great interview staring Ardent Partners’ Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ’s Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence... Read more
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Six Strategies to Manage Supplier and Third-Party Risk
Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than... Read more
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Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus‘s Analyst... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — July 3, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)
Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San... Read more
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The Rise of Analytics for Procurement: Strategies for Success
Editor’s Note: Today’s article picks up where a previous article, Beyond Savings and Risk: Next-Gen Procurement Analytics are Coming into their Own, left off. There is an enormous amount of value... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — June 19, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,... Read more
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Procurement Teams in 2019: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes an excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs... Read more
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Driving Sustainability Intelligence with EcoVadis 10 and Beyond
Members of Ardent Partners’ analyst team recently took a briefing from the product marketing team at EcoVadis, a Paris- and New York-based provider of corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating services for procurement and... Read more