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Three More Non-Price Attributes to Source Better
Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is often much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, they often hear from business stakeholders that competitive sourcing is not the... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – April 19, 2018
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, or spend management... Read more
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Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part One: Know Your Spend
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what is communicated during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never become... Read more
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A Conversation with Pierre-Francois Thaler, Co-CEO, EcoVadis
Ardent Partners analyst and editor, Matthew York, recently sat down with Pierre-Francois Thaler, a procurement industry veteran with nearly 20 years of experience in the B2B and sustainable sourcing industry.... Read more
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Webinar – CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (Register Here!)
On April 17th, join Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer of Ardent Partners and David Bush, chief revenue officer of SpendHQ, for a complimentary webinar on our annual CPO... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – April 5, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend... Read more
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CPO News – April 2, 2018
Welcome to the Spring 2018 edition of CPO News! There are lots of stories to cover today, so grab yourself a cup of coffee and ease into the week with... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – March 29, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend... Read more
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Best Practices in Supplier Management – A 360 Degree View
A fact of 2018 is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the right ones and managing them well is. Heightened volatility in a market that has become increasingly... Read more
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Intelligence-Driven CSR: Putting Big Data to Good Use
Business intelligence, namely procurement intelligence, can be a force for good in the world. Armed with good intelligence, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams have the power to not only... Read more