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How eSourcing Helps You Manage Supply Chain Risks (Guest Post)

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Risk Management

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2019Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy

It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities…

The Talent-Led Strategies that Will Transform Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 11, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Strategy

Over the past several years, Ardent’s research has shown that the contingent workforce market was becoming more “talent-led” than “commodity-led,” translating into the need for contingent workforce management (CWM) programs…

Help! My Organization is Too Small to Negotiate with Big Suppliers (Guest Post)

By Andrew Bartolini May 31, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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

CPO Rising 2019: Becoming More Agile, Data-Driven, and Intelligent

By Andrew Bartolini May 31, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300…

Digital Staffing’s Place in the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer May 28, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Talent acquisition has long been a critical process in the business arena. With talent as a top competitive differentiator, weak staffing initiatives can undermine the greater organization’s ability to achieve…

Throwback Thursday: How eSourcing Can Help Limit Procurement Fraud

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, 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…

Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua’s bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which it held in…

Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…

CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — A New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini April 12, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join the Ardent Partners analyst team and special guests on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 pm EST for the must-attend procurement event of the spring -- CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion! Click…