What are the Procurement Metrics that Matter?
Join Ardent Partners on Wednesday, June 16th at 2 PM ET for our Procurement Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by GEP. More has been written about global supply chains in the last…
Procurement Rising Podcast – John Dickson, AstraZeneca
Today, Episode 107 of our Procurement Rising Podcast In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and…
Happy Memorial Day From Ardent Partners
Memorial Day in the United States has different meanings for different people. For many, it is a weekend to reflect on the sacrifices made by the men and women of…
The World is Nearing Normalcy, But Will the Workforce Ever Be the Same?
Earlier this week, CNN’s collaboration with Moody Analytics (the “Back-to-Normal Index”) indicated that the United States economy is “90% of the way back to where it was before the pandemic…
Procurement Rising Podcast – Chris Shanahan, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Today, Episode 106 of our Procurement Rising Podcast In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement…
Procurement and the CPO as Trusted Advisor
The business world is forcing its executives, like the Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”), to adapt to changing market conditions, customer demands, and technology innovations in order to drive greater value.…
On Extended Workforce Growth and the Future of Work: A Discussion with Utmost CEO and Co-Founder Annrai O’Toole
There is no debate as to the role and impact of the extended workforce. Upcoming Ardent Partners research (The State of Contingent Workforce Management 2021) finds that 82% of businesses…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 533: A Conversation with Annrai O’Toole, CEO and Co-Founder of Utmost
This week’s all-new Contingent Workforce Weekly episode, sponsored by DZConneX, a Yoh company, features a conversation with Utmost’s CEO and co-founder, Annrai O’Toole. Annrai and I discuss the growth and…
Transforming Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five (Part 1): Internal Stakeholder Engagement
Procurement transformation has become a familiar topic here on CPO Rising, particularly over the past couple of years when it has become increasingly clear that what got procurement departments where…
Procurement Rising Podcast – Greg Tennyson, VSP Global
Today, Episode 105 of our new Procurement Rising Podcast In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement…