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Technology Round-Up – December 15, 2017

By Andrew Bartolini December 15, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

CPO Rising 2017 Summit Perspectives – Procurement with Purpose, from SAP Ariba

By Andrew Bartolini November 29, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

This year’s CPO Rising 2017 Summit featured exciting roundtable sessions where attendees got to exchange ideas and talk about innovative strategies to help improve the performance of their procurement department.…

Collaborative Sourcing – The Key to Unlocking Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini November 27, 2017Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

In recent years, sourcing leaders have been firsthand witnesses to the dramatic impact that globalization and open trade have had on their organizations. These forces have combined to simultaneously expand…

Supplier News – November 20, 2017

By Andrew Bartolini November 20, 2017Articles, Events, General, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to launch a new series today on CPO Rising, "Supplier News," wherein we feature a few key suppliers that have been recognized over the past few…

Technology Round-Up – November 16, 2017

By Andrew Bartolini November 16, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back CPO Rising Hall of Famer, Hal Good

By Andrew Bartolini November 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer, to CPO Rising 2017. He will host an Expert Roundtable…

The Future of Supply Risk Management: Highlights from riskmethods’ 2017 User Conference

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2017Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago (October 19), a couple analysts (Andrew and Matthew) on the team at Ardent Partners attended riskmethods' user conference at its headquarters in Boston's Financial District. As its name indicates,…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Welcoming Back John Zagata of Enbridge

By Andrew Bartolini October 31, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome John Zagata, Director of Indirect Goods and Services for Enbridge, back to Boston in a week for The CPO Rising 2017 Summit. John will deliver…

Supplier Information Management – A Key Enabler You Probably Don’t Have

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Jeffrey Ball, CPO of Digital First Media

By Andrew Bartolini October 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Ball, Chief Procurement Officer of Digital First Media, to CPO Rising 2017. Jeff will deliver a presentation entitled “Putting the ‘Strategic’ in Strategic…