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Procurement Embraces Its Workforce Strategy Role

By John Yuva October 25, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Future of Work, General, Strategy, Technology

The role of procurement is ever evolving. Chief Procurement Officers are executing strategies in a world wrought with immense volatility and unpredictability. While the scale of disruption is unlike anything…

Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Category Management: All Talk No Action?

By Magnus Bergfors August 5, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[**Over the next few weeks, we'll be running "best of" Magnus Mondays posts, reprising some of the most popular topics of the series. Magnus returns with new content in August.]…

Ivalua NOW Dispatch #2: Strategic Roadmap (Source-to-Contract)

By John Yuva July 12, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Ardent Partners analyst team recently attended the 2024 Ivalua NOW: Procurement Re-Imaged conference in Miami. This event came on the heels of the company's slightly larger EMEA conference held…

Magnus Mondays — Category Management: All Talk No Action?

By Magnus Bergfors March 11, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

When I started in procurement in what feels like way too many years ago, it was as a buyer. A few years later I got a new title, strategic buyer!…

Magnus Mondays: Direct Materials P2P — Is That a Thing?

By Magnus Bergfors March 4, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Today I’m wrapping up our mini-series on direct materials and what differentiates it from indirect by looking at the transactional side — also known as procure to pay (P2P). Because…

Magnus Mondays — Direct Materials Supplier Management Presents a Critical but Disjointed Solution Landscape

By Magnus Bergfors February 26, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In last week’s article, we looked at what makes direct materials special and their unique established requirements, particularly when focusing on eSourcing. In today’s article, we continue to investigate direct…

Magnus Mondays — Navigating the Raw Essentials: A Primer on Direct Materials

By Magnus Bergfors February 20, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In one of my articles about suites vs. specialists, I briefly mentioned dedicating a future piece to direct materials. Today’s article will do just that. I’ll look at direct materials…

Procurement and Human Resources: A Collaborative Necessity

By John Yuva April 14, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

The role of procurement is ever-evolving. Chief Procurement Officers are executing strategies in a world wrought with immense volatility and unpredictability. While the scale of disruption is unlike anything witnessed…

Trends Driving the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer October 3, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

The Future of Work impacts every workplace in one way or another. Monday's CPO Rising article explores several trends that the Future of Work Exchange (powered by Ardent Partners) identified…

Procurement’s View of Direct Sourcing

By John Yuva September 26, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategy, Technology