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Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising: The CPO’s Agenda for 2008
In February 2008, I wrote our third annual CPO-themed State of Procurement report and created a subtitle that has since become a Ardent Partners’ brand – “CPO Rising” – that... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: The CPO’s Strategic Agenda 2007 – Managing Performance, Reporting to the CFO
We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry in our State of Procurement research series. And, as the co-author of this edition, it is great to... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Five AP Metrics that Matter
We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the... Read more
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Now Accepting Nominations for CPO Honors 2020
Ardent Partners is excited to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the fifth-annual CPO Honors. The CPO Honors is an opportunity to celebrate the procurement profession and recognize... Read more
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Celebrating the CPO Honors 2019 Winners
In case you missed the CPO Honors 2019 Ceremony, here’s a great highlights video. The fourth annual CPO Honors Gala was an opportunity to celebrate the procurement profession and recognize... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — November 27, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,... Read more
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One Week Left to Submit Your Nominations to CPO Honors 2019!
The CPO Honors Gala and dinner, which will follow Day 1 of the CPO Rising 2019 Summit on October 29, will recognize Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams for outstanding... Read more
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Ardent Partners’ Newest eBook, Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2019, Available for a Limited Time Only!
Over the past decade, Ardent Partners has conducted more procurement-themed market research studies than any other firm or consultancy in the industry. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — July 24, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,... Read more
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Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus‘s Analyst... Read more