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New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function
The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?
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... Read more
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CPO News — March 6, 2019
Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)
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... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Are You a Specialist or a Generalist?
“People always ask if I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little kid. But, you have to remember when I was a farm boy growing up in... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (2)
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... Read more
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New Webinar – The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation
The Future of Procurement: Apps, Talent, & Innovation Click Here to Register The business world is forcing its executives, like the Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”), to adapt to changing market... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Celebrating 25 Years of eAuctions and the Digital Procurement Journey
Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome our first “Monday First Thing” guest “contributor to the fold. And we couldn’t be more pleased than to start with Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (1)
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... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Innovate or Die
Eight years ago, the theme and subtitle to my CPO Rising 2011 report was “Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead.” [Quick sidebar for our dedicated readers: The 2019 CPO Rising... Read more