Four Common Traits of Successful CPOs
There is no doubt that the impact of globalization has affected the procurement function in a profound manner. From core sourcing principles to supplier management processes, the evolution of business…
Research Preview: The State of Strategic Sourcing – Best-in-Class Performance
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce the publication of The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and informative annual research…
The State of the Chief Procurement Officer in 2016 (Hypothesis)
Editor's Note: Our annual CPO Rising survey is now open -- The data we collect from the survey will fuel our “CPO Rising 2016” research report that will publish in March…
How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five: External Stakeholder Engagement
Editor’s Note: Procurement transformation will be a big topic at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2016 executive symposium this spring. Join us in Boston on March 29-30 for what is shaping up to…
Procurement’s Expansion into Contingent Workforce Management (CWM)
For some procurement groups, convergence has come in the form of new, complex categories to manage like travel, contingent workforce, business process outsourcing (BPO), and meetings and events, while others…
How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five: Internal Stakeholder Engagement
Editor’s Note: Procurement transformation will be a big topic at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2016 executive symposium this spring. Join us in Boston on March 29-30 for what is shaping…
CPO News – January 22, 2016
Sprint Hires Verizon Regional President as New Chief Procurement Officer Late last year, the Kansas City Star reported that telecommunications provider, Sprint, has announced plans to hire Mariano Legaz as its newest…
Upcoming Webinar: CPO Game Changer Series Volume 3: People, Process, and Communication
In 2016, procurement departments around the world are increasingly reliant on diversified staff to engage with key internal and external stakeholders, clearly communicate business requirements, and effectively execute upon project…
Manifest Destiny: The CPO’s Call to Expand
This decade, business has been gripped by an expansion fever, combining more business units, organizations, and products in response to increasing competition and the market demand for new, more differentiated,…
Ardent’s Annual CPO Survey is Live (“The Art & Science of Procurement”)
Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the collective…