CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?
Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 6) – The Rubber Hits the Road
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 5) – Vendor Selection
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 4) – The RFP
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 3) – The Counterproposal
Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of…
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…
Seasons Greetings!
Another year will soon be in the books and 2015 is going start with a bang! (more on that in January)! Until then, we want to extend a warm holiday…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 2) – A Business Case is Made
Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of…
CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 1) – It Begins
Many years ago, one very large full-service BPO firm stopped working with me because I told them that procurement outsourcing was not on the radar screen of the average Chief…
Black Friday 2014 – 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…