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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#17 – Supply Chain Resilience)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

2020 Vision: SpendHQ’s New Spend Analysis Tool for the New Decade

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2020Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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,…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#15 – Sustainability)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy

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…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#13 – Monetization / Value Creation)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 28, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Throwback Thursday: Gambling on Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2020Articles, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

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…

NEW WEBINAR: How Will Data Impact Procurement in the Next Decade?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 24, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Throwback Thursday: 10 for 2010: Categories to Source in 2010

By Andrew Bartolini February 20, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

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…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — February 19, 2020

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 19, 2020Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

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…

Workday “Scouts” a Big Opportunity in Strategic Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini February 5, 2020Articles, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#6 – Disruption)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 31, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology