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Ivalua NOW 2023 – Dispatch #2: From PROcurement to PREcurement: Managing the Evolution

By John Yuva May 15, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

The Ardent Partners analyst team descended on Nashville on May 3rd and 4th for the ivalua NOW 2023: Americas conference. This event was well attended and came on the heels…

Best of 2022: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini January 2, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2022 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…

Big Data Checkpoint: Have You Achieved Full Visibility Yet?

By Andrew Bartolini December 16, 2022Articles, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

One of the many benefits of any “Big Data” strategy is the fact that, based on current data or figures, the executive team can paint a vivid picture of the…

CPO Rising 2022 Report: The State of Big Data

By John Yuva August 19, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Want access to the great research from Ardent Partners? Register for our newsletter today!! As we dive into the concluding section of the CPO Rising 2022 Report, one thing is…

Procurement Performance in 2022

By John Yuva July 29, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

The previous three years have put chief procurement officers and their performance to the ultimate test. This year’s CPO Rising 2022 Report looked again at procurement performance and identified two…

Introducing Arkestro and Predictive Procurement Orchestration

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2022Articles, Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Conference season is upon us and my team and I will be slowly wading back into the waters for the first time since the shutdown. Trip #1 for me was…

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing Prior to my time as an analyst, I was a strategic sourcing consultant, or more specifically, an eSourcing consultant, since I always used an…

Use Cases for Data and Intelligent Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2022Articles, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners' 17th annual State of Procurement report -- CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution -- is coming soon and I want to thank the 350+ procurement leaders who've taken…

Technology Round-up – February 18, 2022

By Andrew Bartolini February 18, 2022Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few major announcements from 2022. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management…

The Path to Spend Enlightenment

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

The path to true “spend enlightenment” is not merely paved with standard spend analysis. In fact, those organizations seeking to adopt next-generation spend analysis strategies must adapt to a changing…