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Supplier Performance Management: The Fourth Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Over the past month, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research... Read more
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Using Spend Under Management Principles to Drive Improved Financial Performance
[A note from the editor: In August, Andrew posed the question – How Do You Define Spend Under Management? – to our audience and invited them to share their views because we... Read more
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Spend Analysis: The First Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research report analyzes the... Read more
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Zycus Horizon 2014: A Pot Of Gold
Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this month at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida and it was another very successful event for the supply management... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Tim Minahan of SAP Talks About What’s Next for Procurement
I first heard of Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Cloud and Line of Businesswhen his job description literally included the term “procurement influencer” in his role as Chief Service... Read more
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Technology Round-Up, November 13, 2014
Horizon 2014: Zycus Delivers Zycus’ 3rd annual user conference, Horizon, was held this week at the Ritz-Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida, starting this past Sunday and continuing through Tuesday... Read more
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Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong... Read more
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Business Networks – Past, Present, and Future
Today’s article is the second in a series of articles centered on our new Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks, sponsored by Hubwoo, and available for download here. While analyzing the technology markets... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Subhash Makhija of GEP on the Industry’s Future
When Dr. Subhash Makhija co-founded GEP in 1999, along with Neha Desai Shah, Jagadish Turimella, and Roopa Gandhi, their initial vision was to use technology to streamline procurement processes. Makhija... Read more
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The Four Pillars of the Modern Strategic Sourcing Program
We’re gearing up to launch our annual benchmark study on the state of strategic sourcing and the excitement is….. palpable. The topic is so rich and exciting that throughout the... Read more