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SAP Ariba Live: Making Supply Risk Management Awesome

By Andrew Bartolini March 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this week, Andrew Bartolini and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated attendees) and…

Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part Two

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology3 Comments

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” And this is no less true today than it…

Procurement Performance: Moving Beyond Savings

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance…

CPO Scorecard: Our Performance Measurement Recommendation

By Andrew Bartolini March 3, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Opportunity: Harvesting Supplier Innovation

By Andrew Bartolini March 2, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Challenge: Mapping Processes to Systems

By Andrew Bartolini March 1, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Chief Procurement Officers: Developing Procurement Mastery

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…

A Portrait of the CPO as a Young Man or Woman

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade - Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…

Is the Conflict Minerals Provision in Dodd-Frank Going Away?

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

As we noted in our recent 2017 Procurement: Big Trends and Predictions webinar, the current U.S. trade policies and the regulatory environment should be tracked more closely because change is…

The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…