Best of 2019: House of Procurement (Part 1) – Innovation
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …
Best of 2019: Innovate or Die
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …
Best of 2019: Our Procurement Mantra for 2019? “Value Expansion!”
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …
Monday First Thing: The 2019 State of ePayables Market Research Report is Now Available!
[Editor's Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here or registering below.] I am excited to announce the…
Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 1) – Innovation
Publisher’s Note: Today's article includes a large excerpt Ardent's annual "State of Procurement" research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs…
Monday First Thing: Art Meets Innovation at IvaluaNOW 2019
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…
Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect
Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware's North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user…
Monday First Thing: A Brief History of Procurement
In February, 2008, I penned my third annual CPO-focused report which is when I introduced the idea of "CPO Rising" (If you are interested, I found a copy of the…
Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…
Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire
Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…