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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),…

Smarter Contracts can Lead to Smarter Procurement Analytics — Here’s How (Upcoming Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 25, 2019Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For some enterprise procurement teams, managing the contracting process may seem like a back-end, tactical process that does not result in anything strategic beyond a codified business relationship with a…

Artificial Intelligence for Procurement Gets a Reality Check

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 15, 2019Articles, General, Process, Technology

Over the past few years (it's hard to say since when, exactly), the procurement technology industry and the business technology industry as a whole have embraced the term "artificial intelligence,"…

Technology Round-Up — February 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 6, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

After a brief hiatus, 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…

The Rise of Analytics across Procurement Operations

By Andrew Bartolini January 21, 2019Articles, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Powerful reporting and analytical capabilities should be a component of any supply management solution and a requirement for any procurement team seeking to optimize the value of their technology investments.…

Technology Round-Up — December 5, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 5, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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

Technology Round-Up — November 29, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 29, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology