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Why Direct Sourcing is Your Key to Better Talent…Even Today

By Christopher Dwyer July 23, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General

Back in January, I had a discussion with a human resources (HR) executive who also held the main responsibility for managing her company’s contingent workforce management (CWM) program. The topic…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Speaker Spotlight: Alan Holland, Keelvar

By Phil Bartolini July 1, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Solution Providers

In April and May, Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management…

Why CPOs Could Drive the Next Round of M&A Activity – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini June 15, 2020Articles, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

"If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of…

Supply Chain & Supply Risk Management (Track 2)

By Phil Bartolini May 18, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great Supply Chain Management/Supply Risk Management session today.) Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000…

CPO Rising 2K20 – The Resiliency Imperative… So, Now What?

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

If you've visited this site anytime over the past 6 weeks, you couldn't help but notice that we've been busy pulling together a virtual series designed for procurement and supply…

The Resiliency Imperative – Agile Sourcing via Intelligent Automation (Session 18)

By Phil Bartolini May 4, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

The final week of the Resiliency Imperative sessions continues tomorrow with Session 18: Agile Sourcing via Intelligent Automation (click to view on-demand session) sponsored by Keelvar. Agility has never before…

Five Lessons from an eSourcing Legend

By Andrew Bartolini April 7, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. Today at 2 pm, Gregg Brandyberry will deliver…

The Resiliency Imperative – A New World (of) Orders: Rethinking The Global Supply Chain (Session 3 Overview)

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

UPDATE – VIEW THIS SESSION NOW – ON-DEMAND Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain…

Resiliency Themes – Part 4: Procurement Becomes a Core Business Function

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 1, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. From March 31 through May 7, Ardent Partners…

Resiliency Themes – Part 2: Savings Becomes More Important in 2020

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy