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Introducing the State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 Research Report!

By Andrew Bartolini November 5, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to announce the publication of The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and informative…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Two: Processes

By Andrew Bartolini November 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Procurement transformation has become a familiar topic here on CPO Rising, particularly over the past couple of years when it has become increasingly clear that what got procurement departments where…

Ardent Partners Announces CPO Rising 2016 Event – March 29 & 30 (Boston, MA)

By Andrew Bartolini November 2, 2015Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing

We are extremely pleased to announce that next March, a select group of Chief Procurement Officers and other business leaders will come together at the Harvard Club in Boston for…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step One: People

By Andrew Bartolini October 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Strategy

4 Meetings and Events Management Articles You Should Read

By Christopher Dwyer October 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Technology

CPO Rising has been actively publishing thought leadership, technology analysis, and supply management best practices for many years and the result has been a steady stream of valuable content that…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – an Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini October 21, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

As a researcher, one of the challenges to studying a phenomenon (also known as a dependent variable) is to forego assigning causation to a single independent variable without considering other…

Upcoming Webinar: The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 – Supplier-Centric Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and LexisNexis on Thursday, October 22 at 2:00 PM EST for this free webinar on the State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 - Supplier-Centric Sourcing, which draws on the responses…

The Best-in-Class Approach to Contract Management

By Andrew Bartolini October 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Contracts are the lifeblood of an enterprise, as they cement the relationships it has with its suppliers that provide it with the optimal mix of goods and services that the…

Five Strategies to Transform Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

As a function, procurement has come a long way in the last couple of decades from a back-office tactical player to a front of the office, strategic partner in driving…

CPO News – October 2, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini October 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Bombardier Names Bucholz as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer In early September, Bombardier, a Montreal-based manufacturer of aircraft and trains, announced that it has hired Nico Buchholz as Senior Vice…