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CPO News – April 2, 2018
Welcome to the Spring 2018 edition of CPO News! There are lots of stories to cover today, so grab yourself a cup of coffee and ease into the week with... Read more
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Best Practices in Supplier Management – A 360 Degree View
A fact of 2018 is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the right ones and managing them well is. Heightened volatility in a market that has become increasingly... Read more
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Intelligence-Driven CSR: Putting Big Data to Good Use
Business intelligence, namely procurement intelligence, can be a force for good in the world. Armed with good intelligence, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams have the power to not only... Read more
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The Changing Nature of Supplier Management
Business in 2018 is remarkably different than it was five years ago and it will be remarkably different five years from now. Product lifecycles are collapsing as are the windows... Read more
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Dispatch from SAP Ariba Live: Blockchain, and the Rise of the Benevolent Supply Chain – Part Two
Last week at SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, AribaLive, held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, “Procurement with purpose” was more than just a slogan; it was a business model. Day after day and session... Read more
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WEBINAR: The State of Contingent Workforce Management 2018
Editor’s Note: Learn more about Chris’ takes on procurement’s role in contingent workforce management by downloading the new State of Contingent Workforce Management research study. To run the modern business, executives... Read more
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Procurement 2018 Trends & Predictions Roundtable Discussion – Part I
A few weeks ago, I shared with you some of the BIG procurement trends that we at Ardent Partners, in conjunction with our sponsors, Beeline and Ivalua, shared on our... Read more
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NEW REPORT: Procurement’s Keys to Driving Value and Mitigating Risk in the Financial Services Industry
Ardent Partners is pleased to present its newest custom research report, Procurement’s Keys to Driving Value and Mitigating Risk in the Financial Services Industry, sponsored by Ivalua. Interested readers can... Read more
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Five Things to Consider Before Beginning Digital Transformation
The Chinese philosopher Laozi once wrote in the Tao Te Ching that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The statement is as true today as it was in the sixth... Read more
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Procurement’s Place in the Continued Evolution of Contingent Workforce Management
Editor’s Note: Learn more about Chris’ takes on procurement’s role in contingent workforce management by downloading the new State of Contingent Workforce Management research study. And, be sure to register... Read more