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Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Andrew Bartolini May 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…

Great Moments in Procurement History

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists

The fine readers of this fine site are well aware that the CEO of the world's best known (and most beloved?) company, Tim Cook CEO of Apple used to a…

Announcing the “CPO Rising 2014” Survey

By Andrew Bartolini January 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one procurement-themed market research study each year and I'd like to invite you to participate in it - our annual CPO Rising research effort - by clicking…

Becoming a CPO in 2014 – The CPO’s Perspective

By Andrew Bartolini January 6, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Happy New Year! Are you ready for 2014? We are…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part I: Convergence with Finance

By Christopher Dwyer December 20, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategy1 Comment

Today in the waning days of 2013, we being a new series that will highlight procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer's) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these…

CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part 2)

By Christopher Dwyer December 16, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. With my new report, Becoming a CPO in 2014: The…

Becoming a CPO in 2014

By Andrew Bartolini December 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. I'm pleased to announce that one of my latest reports, Becoming a CPO…

CPO News – December 10, 2013

By Andrew Bartolini December 10, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers

Sorry, it has been a while since we've delivered the CPO News, so let's get to our top stories for and about Chief Procurement Officers. New Chief Procurement Officer for…

Zycus Horizon 2013: AMD’s Pathway to Procurement Excellence

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Zycus’ annual user conference, Horizon 2013, was held this past week and offered up a blend of thought leadership, customer case studies, company vision, and a celebrity keynote (Archie Manning).…

CPO News – July 1, 2013

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

New month, quarter, and fiscal (for some) and all the CPO News that's fit to print! U.S. Steel Appoints Christine S. Breves Vice President And Chief Procurement Officer In June,…