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Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights Leading Procurement Executives from Flex, Google, Biogen, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back CPO Rising Hall of Famer, Hal Good

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer, to CPO Rising 2017. He will host an Expert Roundtable…

Spend Analysis: A Primer for Beginners

By Andrew Bartolini November 3, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: At this point, many of our readers ought to know not only what spend analysis is, but also its value proposition. Still, it is worthwhile to revisit the…

Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Jeffrey Ball, CPO of Digital First Media

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Ball, Chief Procurement Officer of Digital First Media, to CPO Rising 2017. Jeff will deliver a presentation entitled “Putting the ‘Strategic’ in Strategic…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Walter Charles of Biogen

By Andrew Bartolini October 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Walter Charles III is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Biogen. As the article below highlights, he is also a highly-successful innovator who has consistently over-delivered in every procurement role that…

Supplier Performance and Risk Management – Bosom Buddies

By Andrew Bartolini October 13, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Chris Shanahan of BD – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini October 11, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade, and I am beyond thrilled to welcome him to Boston in November as one of our keynote speakers…

CPO News – October 6, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People

Former Atlanta CPO Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Accepted Bribes In April, we brought you a story out of Atlanta concerning Adam Smith, the former Chief Procurement Officer who was terminated…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Chris Shanahan of BD – Part I

By Andrew Bartolini October 2, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade, and I am beyond thrilled to welcome him to Boston in November as one of our keynote speakers…