Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility
Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…
How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Spend Analysis
In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…
How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – A Series Introduction
In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…
Miss Any of These Events This Spring? Catch Up, Today!
Editor's Note: It's been a busy few months here at Ardent Partners, and the Memorial Day Weekend has given us a chance to pause and reflect on the ground that…
Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies
Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple’s bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in illegal kickbacks from the…
eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry
Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…
How to Counter the “Unknown Unknowns” in Supply Risk Management
Some of the most interesting facets of supply risk management revolve around the unknown – what could happen, under what circumstances, what the impact could be, and what to do…
Gregg Brandyberry: Profile of a CPO Rising Hall-of-Famer
Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall…
New Webinar – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement
As our readers know, CPO Rising is the name of this website, but it is also the name of both our annual CPO research study and event. Well, I am…
CPO News – May 13, 2016
Wai Mun Wong Named VP of Global Supply Management at Carlson Wagonlit Travel Late last month, Hospitalitynet.org reported that Wai Mun Wong had been named Vice President of Global Supply…