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Devil’s Advocate: Does Ethical/Sustainable Sourcing Matter in Procurement?
One of the lessons I learned some years ago in becoming an analyst is to challenge your assumptions – to flip what you think you know about a problem upside... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Myths…Debunked
With non-employee workers (including freelancers, temporary workers, SOW-based labor and contractors) comprising more and more of the average company’s total workforce, the current perception of contingent workforce management is sometimes... Read more
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Top 5 Strategies to Better Manage Supply Risk
We have discussed at length how the CPO role is converging across the enterprise to include more responsibilities, and more overlap with traditionally-siloed departments, like finance, HR, Legal, Logistics, Operations,... Read more
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Procurement Fraud at the VA: How Did it Happen?
In mid-October, we ran a story about Susan Taylor, the former Deputy Chief Procurement Officer (DCPO) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA), who was... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Anu Gardiner of DocuSign
Anu Gardiner is a procurement and supply chain professional with more than 15 years of experience working in enterprises of all shapes and sizes, serving the technology and healthcare sectors.... Read more
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Upcoming Webinar: CPO Game Changer Series: Volume 1: Early Engagement
Ardent Partners and Zycus are collaborating on a research and webinar series focused on the strategies that can help CPOs elevate their organizations to the next level of performance. This... Read more
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Contract Management: When Collaboration Isn’t Enough, Automation Can Save the Day
Ardent Partners has written at length about the value of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders (namely, with legal departments and suppliers) to uncover hidden costs, risks, and opportunities within... Read more
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What Diplomatic Relations with Cuba Could Mean for Chief Procurement Officers
With the recent news that the U.S. and Cuban governments are re-opening embassies in each other’s capital cities, the possibility that the U.S. and Cuba will eventually normalize economic relations... Read more
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Visibility: What Does it Mean for Suppliers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Rick Hughes of GEP – Part II
In the procurement and supply management world, Rick Hughes is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of service and accomplishments under his belt working with some of the... Read more