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Veterans Affairs Procurement Officer “Retires” Amid Corruption Scandal

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 20, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

On October 14, the outgoing Deputy Chief Procurement Officer at the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Susan Taylor, notified the VA that she is retiring…

CPO News – September 11, 2014: Federal Government Edition

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 11, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing

Welcome to September’s edition of CPO News: Federal Government edition. In reviewing stories for this month, we noticed that there is a lot of interesting news emanating from the U.S.…

CPO News – July 28, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Former Boeing Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Ten days ago, former Boeing procurement officer, Deon Anderson, 47 of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of federal procurement fraud, including…

CPO News – June 5, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

TSYS Names New Global Chief Procurement Officer TSYS, a provider of payment processing solutions located in Columbus, Ga, recently announced that Walter Taylor will join their executive team as Chief…

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…

CPO News – US Court Strikes Down Conflict Minerals Provision, Upholds Others

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 22, 2014Articles, General, Process

On Monday, April 14, a U.S. Appellate Court struck down key provisions of the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring many American companies to declare…

Great Moments in Procurement History

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists

The fine readers of this fine site are well aware that the CEO of the world's best known (and most beloved?) company, Tim Cook CEO of Apple used to a…

Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity

By Christopher Dwyer March 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Publisher's note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the "larger" themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP's announcement on Wednesday to acquire…

Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types…

Announcing the “CPO Rising 2014” Survey

By Andrew Bartolini January 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one procurement-themed market research study each year and I'd like to invite you to participate in it - our annual CPO Rising research effort - by clicking…