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Is Spend Under Management Still Procurement’s Gold Standard

By Andrew Bartolini August 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy

Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful Chief Procurement Officers and procurement organizations that have…

Procurement Metrics for the New Decade (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini August 26, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

There is significant uncertainty, disruption, and risk within procurement teams, as well as within their extended supply chains. Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) find themselves at the end of a bull market,…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – A New World (of) Orders: Rethinking the Global Supply Chain Session

By Phil Bartolini August 24, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People

Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…

The Dog Days of Summer

By Phil Bartolini August 20, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People

[Editor’s note: it has become somewhat of a tradition for us at CPO Rising to bring you “The Dog Days of Summer” in late August, so we thought we’d re-publish…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Prevent, Manage, Recover: Key Strategies to Execute a Business Continuity Plan Session

By Phil Bartolini August 17, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement, Part 3

By Andrew Bartolini August 13, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Our ongoing series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written continues today with Part Three of CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science…

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement, Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini August 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” – Leonardo da Vinci Our ongoing series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that…

90% of CPOs…

By Phil Bartolini August 3, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

Since 2010, Ardent Partners has conducted more procurement-themed market research than any other firm or consultancy in the industry. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct organizations across all…

The CPO’s NEW Priorities and How Tax Automation Supports Them

By Andrew Bartolini July 31, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners’ 15th annual state of procurement study completed earlier this year found that the Chief Procurement Officer’s top priorities in 2020 have shifted dramatically, largely as a result of…

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini July 30, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see.” ~ Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist & Scientist After a few weeks away…