CPO Roundtable: Agility and High-Performing Procurement Teams
[Editor's note: I will be attending IBM Empower 2015 in San Diego this week, hosting a similar CPO panel as the one below, among other activities. If you are at…
SAPPHIRE 2015: Running Simple and Connecting the Business World
In a busy week that began in Phoenix at ISM’s 100th annual conference (more on that conference next week), I was able, nonetheless, to get to SAPPHIRE in Orlando for…
CPO Roundtable Series: Under Pressure
Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…
Sourcing: Why Enterprises Should Stop Worrying and Love the Procurement Team
The goals of a business haven't changed too much in the 150 years since the procurement function first arose at the dawn of the second industrial revolution - enterprises need…
CPO Roundtable Series: Linking Procurement Operations with Enterprise Goals in 2015
Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…
Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey
Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over…
Webinar Preview: Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015
Today’s article is a brief preview of Ardent’s upcoming “Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015” webinar this coming Thursday at 2pm Eastern. The event, sponsored by Concur, will highlight the…
Concur Fusion and Business Network Evolution
Today’s ever-changing and dynamic business world necessitates the alignment between an enterprise, its suppliers, and the myriad processes and capabilities that are required to effectively manage corporate spend. The overarching…
Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015 (Webinar)
Trendspotting...... Join Ardent's lead analysts as they highlight the key trends impacting AP in 201 and beyond on April 16th at 2PM ET - Click here for details and to…
Webinar Recap, Part II: Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in CWM
Welcome to an exclusive two-part article series here on CPO Rising that will recap last month’s exciting Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management webinar, which was hosted…