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CPO Rising 2015 – What is an Agility Agenda?
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... Read more
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How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?
[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... Read more
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IBM Empower 2015: Back to the Future
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... Read more
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Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015
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). The fact of the matter is... Read more
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CPO Roundtable: Agility and High-Performing Procurement Teams
[Editor’s note: I will be attending IBM Empower 2015 in San Diego this week, hosting a similar CPO panel as the one below, among other activities. If you are at... Read more
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What’s the Best Way to Maximize Your Business Travel Budget? Part I
Editor’s Note: Today’s article was developed from an interview with resident Ardent Partners business travel / expense management, Christopher J. Dwyer, with the team at MarketWatch. To gain more insight... Read more
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What Does “Big Data” Mean for the CFO?
The realm of “visibility” is a complicated one for many enterprises as they attempt to drive a full picture of various aspects of their respective organizations. The pressure of business... Read more
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CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Report) is Now Available
I am very pleased to announce that my annual CPO Rising report is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). I began publishing an annual CPO-focused report in 2006... Read more
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CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II
Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review... Read more
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Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey
Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over... Read more