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Webinar! The CPO’s Perspective on 2018: This Year’s Key Highlights, Takeaways, and Observations (12/13)

By Andrew Bartolini December 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

“If you’re always in control, you’re not driving fast enough.” This Mario Andretti quote was frequently referenced at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston last month, and is…

The Importance of People and Talent: Reflections from the 2018 CPO Rising Summit

By Christopher Dwyer November 30, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of a being part of Ardent’s third Annual CPO Rising Summit, the company’s event that is designed “for CPOs by CPOs” at the…

Technology Round-Up — November 29, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini November 29, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 320: November Listener Mailbag Edition

By Christopher Dwyer November 28, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode is our monthly “listener mailbag,” featuring discussions on the future of the supplier-funded model, staging the…

Payables Place First Thing: What Are You Thankful For?

By Andrew Bartolini November 28, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Every now and then we all need to take a step back and thank those around us for helping us on both a personal and professional level. Accounts Payable (“AP”)…

The Metrics that Matter: Strategies to Empower a More Intelligent Procurement Department

By Phil Bartolini November 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists

[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click here to download your copy), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that…

Toward an Intelligent Supply Risk Management Paradigm

By Andrew Bartolini November 26, 2018Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, I effectively made a business case for adopting digital, automated supply risk management (SRM) tools, along with supplier information management (SIM) and supplier performance management (SPM) tools in…

Black Friday 2018 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder

By Andrew Bartolini November 23, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

P2P Technology Round-Up – November 21, 2018

By Phil Bartolini November 21, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Now back to our regular scheduled programming…Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If…

The Business Case for Supply Risk Management in 2019: By the Numbers

By Andrew Bartolini November 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

There's a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…