Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis
This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…
Rites of Spring (2014): Procurement’s “Annual Cleaning”
Although it's still a little chilly in our neck of the wood (Boston), spring is officially upon us so, now is the time to move those sweaters to the bottom…
The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management
From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In…
Cross Pollination
First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…
Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Identity Management
[Publisher's note: Our upcoming CPO Rising 2014: Convergence report will be released early next month and it has many interesting findings, trends, revelations including the typical Chief Procurement Officer's newest…
Fail-safe
When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…
Season’s Greetings from Ardent Partners (& CPO Rising)
As we close out another great year, we'd like to thank our readers and sponsors for their support and wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season. See…
Ardent Partners – State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Framework for Success
Nearly two months ago, we asked for your participation in Ardent’s groundbreaking research study, The State of Contingent Workforce Management. Now, Ardent Partners' latest report, The State of Contingent Workforce…
Designing a Procurement Transformation for Best-in-Class Performance
Earlier this past summer, I published a research series on Procurement Transformation to help procurement organizations design, plan, build and execute a proper procurement transformation program and utilize leading-edge strategies…