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eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…

How to Counter the “Unknown Unknowns” in Supply Risk Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy

Some of the most interesting facets of supply risk management revolve around the unknown – what could happen, under what circumstances, what the impact could be, and what to do…

SAP Ariba Live Case Study: What AbbVie’s Spend Data “Tells” It

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

On Day 1 of SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, SAP Ariba Live 2016 in Las Vegas, the Ardent Partners analyst team sat in on a presentation entitled, Spend Analysis: What…

Technology Round-Up – April 28, 2016

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

IQN Partners with Bartech Group on Workforce Management Solutions On April 13, IQN, a Colorado-based provider of contingent workforce management (CWM) solutions, announced that it has "extended and expanded" its partnership…

CPO Rising 2016 Recap: Preparing for and Managing Through Global Supply Risk

By Andrew Bartolini April 26, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategy, Technology

On Tuesday, March 29th, attendees at CPO Rising 2016: the Agility Agenda, got to hear former CPO, procurement “luminary”, and CPO Rising “Hall of Fame” inductee, Harold “Hal” Good deliver…

CPO Rising 2016 Recap: Managing Supplier Risk in a Tough Global Climate

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategy

On Tuesday, March 29th, we had the pleasure of hearing Robert “Bob” Kane speak at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit here in Boston. He delivered a fascinating breakout presentation on Supply Chain Risk:…

A CPO and a Diplomat’s View of Supply Risk Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategy

One of the realities of the modern business environment is that Chief Procurement Officers ("CPOs") and their teams increasingly must dive into the murky and ever expanding waters of supply…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As Chief Procurement Officers ("CPOs") and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…

CPO News – April 8, 2016

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Editor's Note: Welcome to another edition of CPO News! Just a week ago, we capped off our inaugural and highly successful CPO Rising procurement executive summit where we met over…

Bob Kane: an “Old School” CPO with a “New School” Style

By Andrew Bartolini March 29, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Robert “Bob” Kane to CPO Rising 2016 today in Boston, where he will give a talk on Managing Risk in a Global Supply Chain.…