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Throwback Thursday – The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews
Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. Near the end of Ardent Partners’ first year (2010), I... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#20 – Leadership)
We began this series in January as a way to aggregate important ideas for procurement leaders as they set their organizations’ course as they head into the new decade. It... Read more
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Throwback Thursday – The CPO’s Agenda 2009: Smart Strategies for Tough Times
In April 2009, I wrote our fourth annual CPO-themed State of Procurement report in the throes of the great recession. Things looked pretty bleak and there was a high degree... Read more
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Throwback Thursday – Chief Procurement Officer: The Position
Publisher’s Note: While the days are starting to blend together, it is actually Thursday or Throwback Thursday as we call it on these pages. Given the number of conversations I have... Read more
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Now Accepting Nominations for CPO Honors 2020
Ardent Partners is excited to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the fifth-annual CPO Honors. The CPO Honors is an opportunity to celebrate the procurement profession and recognize... Read more
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Best of 2019: To Build a Procurement Team, Think Big — But Start Small
Editor’s Note: Today concludes CPO Rising’s “best of” 2019 article series from last year, as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Stay tuned for... Read more
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CPO News — December 6, 2019
Welcome to the winter edition of CPO News! Over the past several months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and we wanted... Read more
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CPO Rising 2019 Highlights: Three CPO Mantras to Generate Impact
The CPO Rising 2019 Summit was almost a month ago, and we at Ardent Partners have offered recaps of the overall event, as well as closer looks at a couple... Read more
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To Build a Procurement Team, Think Big — But Start Small
Last month at CPO Rising 2019, attendees had the pleasure of hearing from Bill Browning, Director of Procurement at Carbonite and a “friend of the firm,” who delivered a presentation entitled,... Read more
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Three Takeaways from the CPO Rising 2019 Summit
One week ago, delegates, speakers, and supply management solutions providers descended upon the historic Harvard Club of Boston for Ardent Partners’ fourth-annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit. The Ardent team had arrived... Read more