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Future Shock: Disruptive Technologies on Procurement’s Horizon
From our cars to our homes to our computers, new and innovative technologies are changing the way we do almost everything. That change is coming to procurement and the impact... Read more
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Rise of the Machines: The Five Technologies That Will Disrupt Procurement’s World
So, Ardent Partners is putting on a show, a virtual show or webinar that is. In fact, many of you have already noticed our new page and promotion – “Featured... Read more
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The Chief Procurement Officer’s Hot Button Issues in 2013
Although it has a different title, this article is really the next in the multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 where we have made predictions... Read more
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Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Solutions)
Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 with a look at supply management solutions. Click here to read Part One of this... Read more
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Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Globalization)
Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 with a look at globalization. Click to read Part One of this series focused on... Read more
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Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Big Data)
Happy New Year and welcome back to CPO Rising! In 2010, we introduced this site with a series of 10 lists, predictions, ideas and strategies. Now in our fourth year,... Read more
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Bridging the Social Media Gap (Use Case Example)
Today is the third article focused on our view of the potential impact that social networking will have in reshaping Supply Management (or B2B or P2P relationships). The first –... Read more
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750 Million People Can’t Be Wrong (a.k.a. How Social Networking Will Reshape Supply Management)
Today’s article continues our discussion of Ardent Partners’ new report that takes a forward-looking view of the top social networking platforms in the context of the work environment and highlights... Read more
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Business or Pleasure: How Social Networking Will Reshape Supply Management?
There has been a paradigm shift in the way people communicate and interact and, social networks are at the core of this shift. The underlying capabilities and drivers behind the... Read more
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SNAFU
Supply Disruption (Candy) – Halloween in Massachusetts Today, October 31, 2011 is not Halloween, at least in certain parts of Massachusetts. It has been postponed. A “Nor’easter” has taken down... Read more