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CPO Rising 2017: Procurement Hurdles (and last chance to download!)
While the tech adoption and mastery issues discussed previously here on CPO Rising are not unique to procurement departments, the major hurdles that Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) face in pursuit of their... Read more
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Webinar! Strategic Spend Management – Last Chance to Register (9/27)!
“By surveying thousands of distinct organizations over the years, Ardent Partners has been able to clearly establish that the groups that manage very high levels of spend perform significantly better... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back Bill McNally of NASA
Last year, we were fortunate to have Bill McNally, deputy chief acquisition officer at NASA, who directs procurement across the entire space agency, join Ardent Partners’ inaugural CPO Rising Procurement Executive... Read more
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Measuring Procurement Performance – Not So Easy After All
Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners’ analysts and 150 global procurement and supply chain leaders and practitioners for Ardent’s second-annual CPO Rising Procurement Executive Summit here in Boston on November 8... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Uldis Sipols
I’ve known Uldis Sipols for many years and am pleased to announce that he will be serving as the Chairperson on Day One of the CPO Rising 2017 Summit. Uldis... Read more
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Webinar! Strategic Spend Management: Best-in-Class Strategies for CPO Success
Join Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and special guests from BuyerQuest and Kimberly-Clark in an exclusive webinar on Wednesday, September 27th at 2 PM ET, sponsored by BuyerQuest, where they will... Read more
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Supply Management Technology: Key Solution Selection Criteria
Earlier this year, I conducted my yearly procurement benchmark study, CPO Rising, and surveyed more than 300 Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other supply management leaders and practitioners on current trends in procurement... Read more
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Getting Agile and Efficient with Modern Contract Management Tools
Today as in years past, the speed of business continues to increase. Markets evolve, products improve, requirements change, and timelines shrink. Time gets more valuable every year, particularly as workloads increase... Read more
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CPO Rising 2017: Technology Mastery
There is a very clear difference between doing something and doing something well. This concept rings true for the users of supply management technology who, by and large, struggle to... Read more
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Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Tom Linton
Today’s article is the next installment in Ardent Partners’ “Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017” series, featuring Tom Linton, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flex. Tom will give... Read more