Innovation Archives - Page 92 of 108 - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Webinar! The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get BIG Value from BIG Data

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For those working in procurement and supply management, BIG Data is a BIG opportunity...don't let it become a BIG Problem! Join Ardent Partners and Tamr on a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 PM. Learn More and Register Now!…

Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

ISM 2016: Reaching Millennials with Technology

By Andrew Bartolini June 3, 2016Articles, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year in a…

Private Equity Firm to Buy SciQuest and Take it Private

By Andrew Bartolini June 2, 2016Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

On Tuesday, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers a suite of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Accel-KKR, an Atlanta and…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – A Series Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini June 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

ISM 2016: Talking Growth with Tom Derry

By Andrew Bartolini May 31, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year…

Technology Round-Up – May 26, 2016

By Andrew Bartolini May 26, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

SciQuest Announces Portfolio Savings Manager, Q1 Financial Results On May 16, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers automated spend management solutions for procurement practitioners, announced the release of Portfolio Savings Manager ("PSM"), a…

eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…

ISM 2016: eISM Goes Live

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

At the 101st annual Institute for Supply Management ("ISM") conference in Indianapolis last week, ISM debuted a new e-Learning initiative, eISM, that is designed to meet the needs of today’s…