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How Can Enterprises Sustain High Business Traveler Morale?

By Christopher Dwyer June 2, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article was developed from an interview with resident Ardent Partners business travel / expense management expert, Christopher J. Dwyer, with the team at MarketWatch. To gain more…

Research Preview – Sailing Downstream: How Source-to-Settle Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is centered on our recent Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 report, sponsored by Zycus, and available for download here (registration required). This research report discusses the two principal ways…

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Building the Next-Gen CWM Program

By Christopher Dwyer May 27, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s note: Readers of CPO Rising know that the site’s contributors often present their thought leadership ideas, research findings, and industry insights on webcasts throughout the year. Today’s article is…

CPO Rising 2015 – What is an Agility Agenda?

By Andrew Bartolini May 26, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published my annual CPO-themed report – CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (click to download, registration required) – that is drawn from the responses of more than 300 Chief Procurement…

How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?

By Christopher Dwyer May 25, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Editor's Note: On June 2, Ardent Partners' resident Contingent Workforce Management analyst and Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer, will deliver a webinar presentation on "Building the Next-Generation Contingent Workforce Management…

ISM at 100: Conflict Minerals Compliance – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 22, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners’ analyst team attended the 100th annual Institute for Supply Management (ISM) conference in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. Risk, in many of its forms, was a regular topic throughout the…

ISM at 100: Robert Gates on Global Stability and Supply Risk

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 20, 2015Articles, Events, General, People

[Editor's note: the views expressed by Dr. Robert Gates do not necessarily reflect the views of Ardent Partners or its employees. Our goal with this piece is to present a…

IBM Empower 2015: Back to the Future

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In 2006, I attended my first Emptoris Empower conference as an industry analyst. The company, of course, has changed significantly since then, most notably via two acquisitions (IBM acquired the…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda – Best-in-Class Procurement Performance

By Andrew Bartolini May 14, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

ISM at 100: A Conversation with Tom Derry

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process

Last week, I had the pleasure to meet with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), at its 100 thannual conference in Phoenix, Arizona (Matt York, our editor, sat…