Technology Round-Up — January 29, 2020
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today, in this first edition for 2020, with fresh supply management technology news and updates from the past month. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#2 – Agility)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders…
Need to Source Print Marketing Materials? Just “Source It”
The Ardent Partners analyst team recently took a briefing with Real Sourcing Network (RSN), a New York City-based provider of sourcing and procurement solutions for print marketing materials. Sarah Scudder,…
Throwback Thursday: Agility — Source Like a Cheetah
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Become a Sourcing Superhero with These Three Tips
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be bitten by a radioactive spider to become a superhero. As Batman has proven time and time again, you just need the…
Technology Round-Up — December 11, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
NEW WEBINAR – The Advent of Strategic Procurement – 12/10
After a century of slow progression, procurement has become a strategic business function in roughly a generation’s time. The move from the back office was not trivial, and the transformation…
CPO News — December 6, 2019
Welcome to the winter edition of CPO News! Over the past several months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and we wanted…
Black Friday 2019 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder
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…
Technology Round-Up — November 27, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…