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Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief…

Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

Throwback Thursday: 10 for 2010: Categories to Source in 2010

By Andrew Bartolini February 20, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor’s Note: As we look back over the last decade, we thought it’d be fun to look at some of the big themes we wrote about ten years ago. How…

From the Archives: A Primer for Contemporary Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 6, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process

Editor's Note: We interrupt our regularly-scheduled Tuesday morning programming to bring you an oldie but goodie from Ardent's Research Director and VP of Research, Christopher J. Dwyer. Chris is on…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Waves

By Andrew Bartolini June 20, 2019Articles, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Great CPOs Highlight the CPO Rising Summit Agenda

By Andrew Bartolini October 24, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy

Hi there - Our third-annual procurement executive symposium, CPO Rising 2018: the Age of Intelligence, is just two weeks away. For Day 1, alone, my team and I have recruited…

The Value of Strategic Category Management – A New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer October 18, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General

[Editor's Note: Join us Thursday, October 25 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation on procurement's evolving role in strategic category management entitled "Strategic Category Management: The Keys to…

The Winds of Change: ISM Prepares to Launch Refreshed CPSM Exam

By Andrew Bartolini August 20, 2018Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

As summer turns to fall and we prepare for the kids to go back to school, many procurement practitioners are also preparing to hit the books. But just as the…

Visibility: What Does it Mean for Suppliers?

By Andrew Bartolini July 17, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Technology

Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong…

Technology Round-Up – March 27, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini March 27, 2015Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

SciQuest Announces New Benchmarking Solution, Updates to Spend Automation Platform On March 11, SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI),the North Carolina-based provider of automated, cloud-based spend management solutions, announced that it has partnered with SmartProcure to…