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CPO Rising Listicle: Top Barriers to CPO Success in 2023

By Andrew Bartolini June 30, 2023Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, Process, Strategy

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…

Vendor Management 101: The Basics

By John Yuva February 13, 2023Articles, 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…

Throwback Thursday: The Visibility Factor – Another Best-in-Class Advantage (for Sourcing)

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Today, we’ll deep-dive into the notion of visibility, and the multiple angles of visibility in which Best-in-Class organizations (those top-performing organizations from Ardent’s upcoming “State of Strategic Sourcing” research report)…

Throwback Thursday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move forward, they have the…

Transforming Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five (Part 2): External Stakeholder Engagement

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People

Procurement transformation has become a familiar topic here on CPO Rising, particularly over the past couple of years when it has become increasingly clear that what got procurement departments where…

The Resiliency Imperative – A New World (of) Orders: Rethinking The Global Supply Chain (Session 3 Overview)

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

UPDATE – VIEW THIS SESSION NOW – ON-DEMAND Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain…

Resiliency Themes – Part 4: Procurement Becomes a Core Business Function

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. From March 31 through May 7, Ardent Partners…

Resiliency Themes – Part 2: Savings Becomes More Important in 2020

By Andrew Bartolini March 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Technology Round-Up – March 18, 2020

By Andrew Bartolini March 18, 2020Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the…

RESEARCH ALERT – Bad Moon Rising: Global Supply Chain Risk Reaches 20-Year High

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process

Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to make available its new Research Alert "Bad Moon Rising: Global Supply Chain Risk Reaches 20-Year High; Global Supply Chains Largely Untested" at no…