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How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – eProcurement
In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –... Read more
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Bridging the Procurement-HR Gap in Managing “Services Procurement”
“You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” As procurement continues to gain traction within the enterprise and manage more spend, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams must become stronger... Read more
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Announcing the Sourcing and Procurement: 2016-2017 Tech and Innovation Outlook Report!
Hot off the presses! Get your hands on Ardent Partners’ latest and greatest technology-focused research, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report! Click here to download (registration required). The business world... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – September 27, 2016
Zycus Partners with Global Risk Management Solutions On September 09, Zycus, the New Jersey-based provider of source-to-pay procurement solutions, announced that it has partnered with Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS), a... Read more
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Supply Chain Cyber Security: No Longer Someone Else’s Problem
On Day 1 of the Institute for Supply Management’s 101st annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, Timothy Hall, President of AZORCA Cyber Security, LLC, gave an eye-opening presentation on the cyber... Read more
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Key Fraud Risks across Procurement Phases (Courtesy of the UN)
[Editor’s Note: With 140 heads of state in New York City this week attending the annual United Nations General Assembly, and with us being on a procurement fraud kick lately,... Read more
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Chris Shanahan: A Profile of a Transformation Procurement Leader – Part II
Like many procurement professionals, Chris Shanahan, who is the Senior Vice President of Global Procurement at Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology provider, sort of “fell” into the space.... Read more
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The 2016 Contingent Workforce Management Fantasy Draft
For nearly the past seven months, the sports world (Publisher’s note: Chris means the US’ sports world) has been without perhaps its most popular pastime. Now that the NFL season... Read more
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Chris Shanahan: A Profile of a Transformative Procurement Leader – Part I
I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade; what follows is the first of a two-part profile based upon a recent interview. Like many... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention – Two More Strategies
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of “Throwback Thursday,” we’re bringing our audience this gem from all the way back to late summer 2010, Ardent’s first summer. It’s been some time... Read more