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Supply Management’s Long, Slow March Towards Digital Transformation

By Andrew Bartolini October 1, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sample from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (click to register and download). Readers can access all of this year’s…

Now Accepting Nominations for the CPO Honors Awards — Is Your Team a Best-in-Class Procurement Department?

By Andrew Bartolini September 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is excited to announce the second annual CPO Honors Gala that will recognize the top CPOs and their teams for outstanding performance and execution over the last year.…

Learn How to Turn Procurement Intelligence Into Procurement Agility – The CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini September 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General2 Comments

With the rise of Big Data, advanced analytics, and next-generation supply management applications, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams are more agile today than at any time in the history…

Turn the Big Data “Crisis” into Big Data Opportunities — Join us at CPO Rising 2018!

By Andrew Bartolini September 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Big Data for Procurement -- Crisis, or Opportunity? With the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, connected devices (i.e., the “Internet of Things”), and Big Data…

Be a Part of the “Age of Intelligence” for Procurement – Join Us At The CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini August 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology

The Dawn of a New Age for Procurement As a procurement leader, you know better than most that businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data…

CPO News – August 28, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini August 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing

Welcome to the summer edition of CPO News! We'd be remiss if we didn't end the summer sharing some of the higher-profile appointments, promotions, and scandals that occurred in the…

Six CPO Strategies for Navigating Through and Managing Change

By Andrew Bartolini August 23, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

The interesting angle to navigating change is how exactly Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams react to it; in an age when “agility” has become a desired status for…

In Case You Missed It: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2017 Summit!

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

As we gear up to take the field for CPO Rising 2018 in less than three months, we can't help but reflect on what a success (and great fun) CPO…

Defining Procurement Intelligence and Putting it to Work

By Andrew Bartolini August 21, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategy, Technology

Friends, procurement intelligence isn't just about IQ (the intelligence quotient), but EQ (the effectiveness quotient). While intelligence is critical, a precise measure of procurement intelligence is less important than the performance…

CPO Rising 2018 – Less Than 3 Weeks Left on Early-Bird Pricing

By Andrew Bartolini August 14, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Network with the Industry's Procurement Elite! Procurement executives remain challenged to do everything they can to improve their performance and operations. One of the surest ways to improve procurement performance…