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Technology Round-Up – March 18, 2020
We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#17 – Supply Chain Resilience)
We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the... Read more
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2020 Vision: SpendHQ’s New Spend Analysis Tool for the New Decade
The Ardent Partners team recently took a briefing from SpendHQ, the Atlanta-based provider of spend analysis SaaS solutions for procurement. On the call from SpendHQ were David Bush, chief revenue officer,... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#15 – Sustainability)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#13 – Monetization / Value Creation)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Gambling on Suppliers
Editor’s Note: With the rise and spread of the Coronavirus across the world and the disruption it’s causing, we dug into our archives to highlight the inherent risks in global... Read more
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NEW WEBINAR: How Will Data Impact Procurement in the Next Decade?
Editor’s Note: Please join Ardent’s Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this Thursday, February 27th at 1 PM ET on a webinar, The Decade of Data (2020s) and How it... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: 10 for 2010: Categories to Source in 2010
Editor’s Note: As we look back over the last decade, we thought it’d be fun to look at some of the big themes we wrote about ten years ago. How... Read more
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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — February 19, 2020
Editor’s Note:Well, it’s 2020, and we’ve taken a few months off from Blockchain. Luckily, everyone in the technology world is still talking and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including... Read more
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Workday “Scouts” a Big Opportunity in Strategic Sourcing
Ardent Partners recently took a briefing with the leadership team of Workday (led by Eric Washer, vice president of product strategy) to discuss its recent acquisition of Scout RFP (“Scout”), a cloud-based strategic... Read more