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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,…

Start Measuring It

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

[Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is hosting a new webinar. Click for details and to register "Game of Thrones: How a Strong CFO-CPO Alliance Can Command Top Performance" - July 25…

Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers

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

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

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

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People

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…