Best of 2019: Our Procurement Mantra for 2019? “Value Expansion!”
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …
NEW WEBINAR – The Advent of Strategic Procurement – 12/10
After a century of slow progression, procurement has become a strategic business function in roughly a generation’s time. The move from the back office was not trivial, and the transformation…
CPO News — December 6, 2019
Welcome to the winter edition of CPO News! Over the past several months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and we wanted…
Black Friday 2019 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder
Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – The CPO Honors Gala (Part 2)
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
The Future of Work and Procurement: Are They Linked?
The world of work is now in a state of perpetual change, consistently floating through the spectrum of evolution due to the progressions of technology, business thinking, and major economic…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – The CPO Honors Gala (Part 1)
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – Part 2
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit — Part 1
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
How CFOs Can Build and Nurture Alliances with CPOs
In 2019, the duties of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) continue to expand, straddling the traditional areas of financial stewardship and the more progressive areas of strategic and business leadership,…