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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 (#13 – Monetization / Value Creation)

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

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…

Technology Round-Up — December 11, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 11, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Technology Round-Up — November 27, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 27, 2019Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Technology Round-Up — October 9, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 9, 2019Articles, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Data-Driven: How the Best-in-Class Use Spend Visibility to Gain a Competitive Advantage

By Andrew Bartolini August 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Xeeva‘s blog a couple of weeks ago. Xeeva is a Michigan-based provider of sourcing and procurement solutions, and a co-sponsor of the CPO Rising 2019procurement benchmark…

Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions

By Andrew Bartolini July 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Technology Round-Up — April 17, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 17, 2019Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Monday First Thing: A Brief History of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

In February, 2008, I penned my third annual CPO-focused report which is when I introduced the idea of "CPO Rising" (If you are interested, I found a copy of the…

Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…