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The Dawn of a New Age — the Age of Intelligence (New CPO Rising Report is Out!)
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present the thirteenth installment of our annual CPO Rising benchmark procurement research study, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, and make it available for... Read more
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Spend Data: The “Black Gold” That Sits Within Every Enterprise
In today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving business world, information is king. Many corporate strategies, whether created in the executive boardroom or by the professionals running day-to-day operations, are often fueled... Read more
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Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement
Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems... Read more
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Here’s How Procurement can Increase its Intelligence with Smarter Platforms (Webinar)
Learn how best-in-class procurement organizations are leveraging cloud technology ecosystems to turn data into intelligence…and competitiveness. Join Ardent Partners, along with Determine and Tradeshift, on Wednesday, June 27 at 11:00 am... Read more
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Webinar! The Supply Management Metrics That Matter for 2018
Join Ardent Partners on June 26th at 2 PM ET for our annual Supply Management Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by GEP (THIS WEBINAR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE). This webinar,... Read more
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Last Chance to Download our Webinar, “How to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Operation”
About the Webinar Last month, Ardent Partners and Ivalua presented a highly interactive webinar that highlighted the key strategies needed to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Organization. After all, the proper... Read more
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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: ISM Refocuses its Global Approach
Ahead of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)’s 103rd annual conference that was held in Nashville, Tennessee last month, we sat down with Jim Barnes, ISM Managing Director, Customer Engagement,... Read more
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At ISM 2018 in Nashville, the Kids were Alright
At the Institute for Supply Management’s 103rd annual conference in Nashville last month, I was invited to attend a panel discussion featuring five 30-under-30 Rising Supply Chain Stars. The 30-under-30 “Rising Supply Chain Stars”... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Steven Bowen, Founder and Chairman, Maine Pointe
Steven J. Bowen is an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in procurement, operations, and manufacturing consulting. In 2004, he founded Maine Pointe, a Boston-based procurement, logistics and... Read more
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What’s Cyber Security Got to do with it? Former CIA and NSA Directors Discuss at ISM 2018 – Part I
On Day 2 of the Institute for Supply Management’s 103rd annual conference, ISM CEO, Tom Derry, hosted a panel on the topic of cyber security, globalization, and supply chain risk management. The... Read more