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Source-to-Settle Transformation: Two Headings — One Destination

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 2, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

"Procurement transformation” has become a common theme for many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders who are searching for an advantage in an increasingly competitive and complex business marketplace.…

Best Practices in Supplier Identification

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In an age where enterprises are more reliant upon their suppliers than at any other time in history, it is a fundamental truth that to achieve both procurement success and…

How Category Intelligence can Drive Procurement Agility on “Buy or No Buy” Decisions (Guest Post)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 17, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Beroe Inc. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If…

Set Your Course for Procurement Transformation

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 6, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The fact of the matter is that most procurement organizations struggle to do things very well or even consistently well. Certainly there are groups (often referred to by Ardent Partners…

CPO News – August 28, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing

Welcome to the summer edition of CPO News! We'd be remiss if we didn't end the summer sharing some of the higher-profile appointments, promotions, and scandals that occurred in the…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – August 16, 2018

By Phil Bartolini August 16, 2018Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and…

The Best-in-Class Contract Management Program: More than Just Contracts

By Andrew Bartolini August 13, 2018Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

There are several key components to the modern procurement function that are unheralded in nature and often considered to be more tactical than strategic. However, in the greater purview of…

Are Your Suppliers Financially Risky? You Oughta Know

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 6, 2018Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Supplier management is a multidimensional, dynamic, and ideally a continuous process that encompasses supplier information, relationship, and performance management, and supply risk management. A considerable part of supply risk management involves training…

Technology Round-Up – August 2, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 2, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, 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,…

Six Ways for Procurement to Collaborate Inside and Outside of the Enterprise

By Andrew Bartolini July 31, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Collaboration is and will remain a key aspect of procurement operations for years to come. Organizations that do not already emphasize collaborative procurement should begin to do so, as the…