Skip to content

CPO RISING – THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • Publisher – Andrew Bartolini
    • CPO Rising
  • Resources
    • Webinar Series
    • Ardent Partners
    • Payables Place (AP & P2P)
    • Future of Work Exchange
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
State of Procurement (A Retrospective): Insights from the 2007 Agenda

State of Procurement (A Retrospective): Insights from the 2007 Agenda

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini July 11, 2025Posted inArticles, General, Process, Strategy, Technology
The role and strategic agenda of the chief procurement officer (CPO) have evolved over the past decade. In a new weekly series from Ardent Partners, we revisit what defined procurement…
Read More
NEW WEBINAR: Proactive Supplier Risk Management Requires a Solid Data Foundation

NEW WEBINAR: Proactive Supplier Risk Management Requires a Solid Data Foundation

Posted by By John Yuva July 7, 2025Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology
Join Ardent Partners and apexanalytix on July 16th (11 AM ET) as they discuss Proactive Supplier Risk Management Requires a Solid Data Foundation. In today’s complex, global supply chain environment,…
Read More
State of Procurement (A Retrospective): Insights from the 2006 Agenda

State of Procurement (A Retrospective): Insights from the 2006 Agenda

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini June 20, 2025Posted inArticles, General, Process, Strategy, Technology
The role and strategic agenda of the chief procurement officer (CPO) have evolved over the past decade. In a new weekly series from Ardent Partners, we revisit what defined procurement…
Read More
Ardent Partners Announces The 2025 Supplier Management Technology Advisor

Ardent Partners Announces The 2025 Supplier Management Technology Advisor

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2025Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology
Today I’m happy to announce the official launch of our Supplier Management Tech Advisor report for 2025! Ardent Partners evaluated the market’s top Supplier Management solution providers’ Solution Strength (the…
Read More
Vendor Management Remains Core to Enterprise Innovation

Vendor Management Remains Core to Enterprise Innovation

Posted by By John Yuva November 1, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology
In today’s world where globalization and innovation are critical to competitive survival, chief procurement officers rely on supplier specialization more than ever. Never have suppliers been more consequential and with…
Read More
Technology Round-Up — October 16, 2024

Technology Round-Up — October 16, 2024

Posted by By John Yuva October 16, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Technology
CPO Rising's Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…
Read More
Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 5: Supplier Innovation and Development

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 5: Supplier Innovation and Development

Posted by By Magnus Bergfors October 7, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology
Today, we are wrapping up our series on supplier management technology with an article on Supplier Innovation and Development (SI&D). This is an area with less attention from a technology-support…
Read More
Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 4: Supplier Risk Management

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 4: Supplier Risk Management

Posted by By Magnus Bergfors September 23, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology
In our series on supplier management, we have now come to supplier risk. This is one of the most complex areas in the entire procurement technology space because risk management…
Read More
CPO Rising Listicle: Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing

CPO Rising Listicle: Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini September 20, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Process, 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…
Read More
Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 3: Supplier Performance Management

Magnus Mondays — The Supplier Management Tech Series — Part 3: Supplier Performance Management

Posted by By Magnus Bergfors September 16, 2024Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology
Three weeks ago, I started a series on the components of supplier management solutions. So far we’ve covered the platform capabilities (i.e., functionalities used across the other components/modules) and Supplier…
Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 2 3 4 Next page

Join Ardent Partners’ network of CPOs (40,000+) for procurement intelligence, benchmark research, and market insights.
↓

Ardent Partners powering smarter procurement
Categories
Most Popular Tags
Technology (1856) Chief Procurement Officer (1549) CPO (1422) Strategy (1419) Process (1248) People (1119) Solution Providers (1114) Innovation (1079) Ardent Partners Research (941) Complex Categories (640) Christopher Dwyer (618) Contingent Workforce (592) Events (535) Sourcing (520) P2P (510) Ardent Team (485) ePayables (443) Procurement (412) CPOs on the Rise (340) Suppliers (327) CPO Shop Talk (297) Lists (290) Transformation (275) Supply Risk (250) Source-to-Settle (248) CPO Rising Summit (229) Finance (213) Tech Round-Up (198) Contingent Workforce Weekly Podcast (197) Performance (191)
Archives
Follow Us
Copyright 2026 — Ardent Partners Ltd. All rights reserved.
Scroll to Top