Best of 2014: Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at ADM
Happy New Year! Our Best of 2014 series continues below: This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the…
Best of 2014: CPOs in 2014: Doing Better with Same
Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! Ardent…
Procurement Influencer Series: Tim Minahan of SAP Talks About What’s Next for Procurement
I first heard of Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Cloud and Line of Businesswhen his job description literally included the term "procurement influencer" in his role as Chief Service…
Batteries Not Included
We've all heard the annoying little caveat, "batteries not included." It accompanied just about every toy advertisement of our youth, and perhaps made us (or our parents) a little less…
Tom Linton: Leading the Way towards Superior Performance at Flextronics
This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…
Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at Archer Daniels Midland
This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…
Introducing Ardent Partners’ Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks
Today’s article is the first in a series of articles centered on our new Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks, sponsored by Hubwoo, and available for download here. While analyzing…
Research Preview: The State of Strategic Sourcing in 2014
In the next few weeks, the analyst team at Ardent Partners will publish our annual State of Strategic Sourcing benchmark study. This study builds on last year’s research on the…
The Best P2P is Collaborative
It’s said that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” This is particularly true when it comes to standardizing and streamlining business processes; greater coordination between stakeholders results in situations where…
Technologies that Make P2P Automation Possible
Collaboration is more than important in the modern marketplace. It’s downright essential to reaching top-performing status as a company. Collaboration in the procure-to-pay (P2P) process is no different, as it’s…