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Sourcing Smarter to Accelerate Procurement’s Impact (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini September 28, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

[Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners on October 1st at 2 PM ET for the Sourcing Smarter: Accelerating Procurement's Impact webinar, sponsored by Scout RFP.] In the last six months, procurement…

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Ivalua

By Andrew Bartolini August 10, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…

The Workplace of the (Near) Future

By Christopher Dwyer August 4, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process

During the course of my professional career, I’ve worked in both remote/virtual and traditional office environments. I’ve spent time in seemingly-endless conference room meetings and hours-long conference calls. Water cooler…

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…