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The Metrics that Matter: Strategies to Empower a More Intelligent Procurement Department

By Phil Bartolini November 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists

[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click here to download your copy), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that…

Toward an Intelligent Supply Risk Management Paradigm

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 26, 2018Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I effectively made a business case for adopting digital, automated supply risk management (SRM) tools, along with supplier information management (SIM) and supplier performance management (SPM) tools in…

Black Friday 2018 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder

By Andrew Bartolini November 23, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

P2P Technology Round-Up – November 21, 2018

By Phil Bartolini November 21, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Now back to our regular scheduled programming…Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If…

The Business Case for Supply Risk Management in 2019: By the Numbers

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

There's a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…

Best-in-Class Procurement Leaders Recognized for Outstanding Achievement at the CPO Honors 2018 Gala

By Andrew Bartolini November 16, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Executives from Rio Tinto, Harvard University, Brighthouse Financial, BCNET, and Watermark Retirement Communities take home awards during Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising Summit BOSTON, November 16 — Ardent Partners, a…

The Evolution of the VMS Platform: A Discussion with Shashank Saxena, CEO/Co-Founder of VNDLY

By Christopher Dwyer November 15, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today’s contingent workforce management (CWM) programs run on two key elements: talent and technology. As CWM initiatives continue to progress to keep up with the demand of the agile enterprise,…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 319: The Consumerization of Work

By Christopher Dwyer November 14, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. On tap this week: a quick recap of last week’s annual CPO Rising Summit (held in Boston at the…

Reflections on the CPO Rising 2018 Summit (Part I): Third Time’s a Charm

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 14, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Technology1 Comment

One week ago, delegates, speakers, and supply management solutions providers descended upon the historic Harvard Club of Boston for Ardent Partners' third-annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit. The Ardent team…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Vice President of Global Procurement and Global Real Estate at Thermo Fisher Scientific, for nearly a decade. And I am beyond thrilled to welcome him back to Boston tomorrow morning as…