Inside the Chip Supply Shift
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post based on a conversation between Ardent's Andrew Bartolini and Graham Scott, Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Jabil. Scott leads a…
Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “Category Management Evolves into Category Intelligence”
Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…
Guest Article: Procurement Can Steady Your Supply Chain
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…
CPO Rising Listicle: AI in Action — Procurement, Part 2
It's Friday, which means we're sharing another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams…
Magnus Mondays — Build in Agility and Source More
The fact we are living in times of uncertainty should not have escaped anyone at this point. It’s been pointed out continually by pundits, with most CPOs aware of it…
Best of 2024: CPO Rising Listicle: Battle Inflation with Five Smart Strategies
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. Fridays means that…
Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — Navigating the Raw Essentials: A Primer on Direct Materials
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2024 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.…
NEW WEBINAR: CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing
Join Ardent Partners and Coupa on December 11th (2 PM ET) as they discuss CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing. The pressure on procurement to deliver savings…
Magnus Mondays — Zip Forward 2024 — When Procurement Flows, Business Flows
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Zip’s annual user conference Zip Forward. It was hosted at the iconic SF Jazz in central San Francisco. It marked my second…
CPO Rising Listicle: Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing
Ardent Partners believes that there are “four pillars” that should serve as the foundation for any strategic sourcing program. These are the primary sub-process areas that drive all sourcing activity…