Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu
When I last spoke with "friend of the site," Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement ("CPO") at Rio Tinto…
Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under
Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors,…
CPO News – May 6, 2013
CPOs on the Rise From "CPO" to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief…
Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet
I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a…
CPO News – March 1, 2013
All the CPO News That's Fit to Print New South African Chief Procurement Officer to Lead Transformation and Fight Huge Corruption Earlier this week, South African Minister of Finance, Pravin…
CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Webinar)
Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing key findings from Ardent Partners' latest research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score. And, I will continue to share findings going forward.…
From CPO to EVP & Global Head of Business Services
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading…
The Role of CPO Remains a Work in Progress
Today, we continue our discussion of the State of the Chief Procurement Officer (Part one is here) This article is based upon the research found in Ardent Partners’ annual CPO…
The State of the Chief Procurement Officer – 2013
As I noted last time, my Ardent Partners' annual CPO Rising report is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here (registration required). CPOs and those…
CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Report Now Available)
I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' annual market research report focused on the state of procurement and the Chief Procurement Officer is now available from the report's different…
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