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Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – The Role of Supply Chain Finance Session

By Phil Bartolini November 2, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Procure-to-Pay

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…

Why More CPOs Should Focus on Tax Automation

By Andrew Bartolini October 30, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

As the global recession extends into the second half of 2020 and economic uncertainty continues to pervade the market, it is more important than ever for enterprises to optimize the…

AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade

By Andrew Bartolini October 9, 2020Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s…

Is Spend Under Management Still Procurement’s Gold Standard

By Andrew Bartolini August 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy

Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful Chief Procurement Officers and procurement organizations that have…

Procurement’s Impact on Cash Management

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates a very real threat of a deep economic downturn. In response, the CFO’s new “hierarchy of needs” has placed a laser focus…

Throwback Thursday – The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews

By Andrew Bartolini June 4, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. Near the end of Ardent Partners' first year (2010), I…

The CFO and Finance/AP Leadership (Track 3)

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2020Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO /AP / Finance Leadership session today!) Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000…

Throwback Thursday: The CPO’s Strategic Agenda 2007 – Managing Performance, Reporting to the CFO

By Christopher Dwyer May 14, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry in our State of Procurement research series. And, as the co-author of this edition, it is great to…

CPO Rising 2K20 – The Resiliency Imperative… So, Now What?

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

If you've visited this site anytime over the past 6 weeks, you couldn't help but notice that we've been busy pulling together a virtual series designed for procurement and supply…

The CPO and CFO: Partners in P2P

By Andrew Bartolini May 4, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Today, an attempt to write something that doesn't focus 100% on the coronavirus pandemic.... It is an interesting time to be working in procurement. This is true across all industries…