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The Compliance Management Checklist, Part V: Amendment Best Practices

By Christopher Dwyer August 11, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy

Welcome to the final article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part IV: Supply Risk Management

By Christopher Dwyer August 7, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Welcome to the fourth article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…

How Do You Define Spend Under Management?

By Andrew Bartolini August 6, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Before starting today’s article, I’d like to welcome all readers to join the Ardent Partners Supply Management Research Group on LinkedIn by clicking here. Joining this group is one new…

CPO News – July 28, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Former Boeing Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Ten days ago, former Boeing procurement officer, Deon Anderson, 47 of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of federal procurement fraud, including…

CPO Rising 2014 (Report): Convergence Fever

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Before starting today's article, I'd like to welcome all readers to join the Ardent Partners Supply Management Research Group on LinkedIn by clicking here. Joining this groups is one new…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Top Challenges in 2014 (IV)

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly geared towards our…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Top Challenges in 2014 (III)

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Some Final Thoughts

By Andrew Bartolini July 16, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Strategy

Since poor procurement staff capabilities have been a thorn in the side of many Chief Procurement Officers through the years, we decided to publish an in-depth 16-part series - "Skills…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Top Challenges in 2014 (II)

By Andrew Bartolini July 9, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Accounts Payable and Procurement Collaboration: Two Hearts Beat as One

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Historically, AP and procurement teams have operated in business silos; each responsible for certain parts of the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, but rarely cooperating as true teammates. Perhaps it’s because they…