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Contract Analytics: A View into Value, Risk, and Opportunity

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Technology

Automated contract management solutions that feature robust analytics and reporting tools can help procurement organizations offset staff shortages, perform more of the “heavy lifting” needed to manage and search through…

CPO Rising Listicle: Six Recommendations to Mitigate Supplier Risk

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2023Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Fridays (in 2023) means that it’s time for 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…

CPO Rising Listicle: Five Benefits of Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Now is a Great Time for a Procurement Tune-Up

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva January 30, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

The early part of each new year brings with it an opportunity for evaluation and reflection. The majority of Chief Procurement Officers have spent the past year driving their teams…

Black Friday Starts Today!

By Andrew Bartolini November 23, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

Simfoni’s Sweet Music

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva November 18, 2022Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

At the start of 2022, digital procurement solution provider, Simfoni announced that it had acquired EC Sourcing Group, a longstanding and prominent provider of strategic sourcing solutions. The deal enables the…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P

By John Yuva November 11, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process –…

Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – Achieving Big Returns on Spend Under Management

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2021 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast — Greg Tennyson, who at the time was the Vice President,…

Procurement Experts on CPO Rising — Moving Procurement into the Spotlight

By Andrew Bartolini June 20, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2021 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast – Tom Cassidy, CPO at Bayada (click to listen to the full…

CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution (NEW Webinar)

By John Yuva June 2, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Keelvar on Wednesday, June 8, at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a new webinar focused on Ardent Partners' 17th annual State of Procurement research study. The report…