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Five More Reasons to Attend the CPO Rising 2019 Summit — 10/29 & 10/30

By Phil Bartolini October 21, 2019Articles, Events, General, Lists

The CPO Rising Summit is one of the top procurement events in North America each year. It features many of the industry’s most prominent procurement luminaries and thought leaders (on…

For CFOs, Optimizing Enterprise Spend is a Business Imperative

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy1 Comment

In the aftermath of the Global Recession, many Chief Financial Officers (“CFOs”) have made the realization that a business environment that values cash, profit margins, and risk mitigation is one…

Throwback Thursday: On Rising in 2018: CPOs and Industry Events

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Procurement Needs to Pivot to a Results-Based Approach to Evaluating Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2019Lists, Strategy, Technology

Today’s fast-changing business climate is one that prizes outcomes (and the innovations needed to achieve them) above all else. This has, in turn, created new opportunities for IT and procurement…

The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Over the past decade, industry research has consistently shown that a majority of enterprise technology deployments run over budget and/or beyond schedule, and that failing to achieve expected business results…

Throwback Thursday: Reflections on The CPO Rising 2017 Summit (Part 1): CPOs Rise and Shine

By Andrew Bartolini October 3, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People

Direct Sourcing, Digital Staffing, and the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer October 1, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy

Ardent Partners defines the Future of Work as the optimization of work, accomplished via the transformation of business operations, talent, and seamless and holistic solutions, as well as flexible enterprise…

2019 — What a Time to Be Alive

By Andrew Bartolini September 27, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, Strategy

2019 has shaped up to be quite the doozie of a year, and we're barely three quarters of the way through it. As the third quarter grinds to a close,…

Natural Disasters Need Not Lead to the Demise of Your Supply Chain (Guest Post)

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2019Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Netstock. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If you…

Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend CPO Rising 2019

By Andrew Bartolini September 23, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

There’s less than six weeks until the CPO Rising 2019 Summit, Ardent Partners’ fourth-annual procurement symposium. Registered yet? There are only a few days left to take advantage of Ardent's "10-year…