The State of Procurement 2022 – TAKE THE NEW SURVEY!
CPO Rising 2022: In Data We Trust Take the New Survey!! In 2022, more procurement departments than ever before are mining new insights and impacting performance with the use of…
Best of 2021: Procurement 2021: Technology Adoption
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2021 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Best of 2021: The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2021 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
Best of 2021: Procurement Rising Podcast – The State of Procurement 2021 Address (Part 2)
Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we are going to re-publish episodes from our “Procurement Rising” podcast series. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement…
Best of 2021: Procurement Rising Podcast – The State of Procurement 2021 Address (Part 1)
Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we are going to re-publish episodes from our “Procurement Rising” podcast series. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement…
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks – Part 2
Ardent’s analysis in this report determined Best-in-Class procurement performance by identifying the top 20% of performers in the spend under management metric. As a group, they have placed, on average,…
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks represent the performance and operational results of the average procurement department in the market today. The percentage of spend under management at the average enterprise sits…
Procurement Performance in 2021
Peter Drucker said the difference between management and leadership is “doing things right” (i.e., management) and “doing the right things” (i.e., leadership). The procurement profession needs more and stronger leadership.…
Procurement 2021: Recommendations for the Year
Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…
Procurement 2021: The Best-in-Class Advantage
Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…