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Announcing The CPO Rising 2022: State of Procurement Report
CPO Rising 2022 – State of Procurement Report The CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution (aka The State of Procurement in 2022) report is now available for download. If you... Read more
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Procurement Experts on CPO Rising — Hardwiring Sustainability into the Business
Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2022 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast – Thomas Udesen, Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer and co-founder of... Read more
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Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Furthering the Mission in Higher Education
Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2021 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast – Bill Cooper, former Associate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer... Read more
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Ardent Announces New Roundtable Event for Procurement Execs. (6/14)
Ardent Partners And The Future Of Work Exchange Invite Procurement Executives To Attend This Inaugural Future Of Work Event Ardent Partners’ 2022 research has shown that: 94% of all businesses... Read more
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The “Traditional” Impact of Contract Solutions
The Source-to-Pay process can be divided into two sub-process areas, what happens before and after a supplier contract is executed. Procurement departments can use contract management solutions to provide significant... Read more
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When Will “The Greatest Resignation” Become “The Great Resettling”?
When we take a 30,000-foot purview of what’s happening right now regarding “The Great Resignation,” it looks pretty dire: nearly four-plus million workers have left their positions each month since... Read more
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Procurement’s Key Value Drivers in the Financial Services Industry
With heightened levels of regulation, competition, and risk, procurement departments in the financial services sector, by and large, are more heavily scrutinized and their performance, and that of their suppliers... Read more
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CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution (New Webinar)
Ardent Partners Monthly Webinar Series CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution 2022 will be one of the most challenging years yet for CPOs and their teams. But there is also... Read more
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Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Leading a Procurement Organization
On January 4, 2010, Ardent Partners launched CPO Rising as a new resource to procurement leaders around the world. The site tagline then (and now) was (and is) straight and to the... Read more
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To BoB or Not to BoB? That is the Question (Part 1)
Suites or Best of Breed (aka “BoB”) For most enterprises in 2021, technology has become a powerful enabler of the sustainable efficiencies and strategic value that can transform operations and... Read more