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How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five: External Stakeholder Engagement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Procurement transformation will be a big topic at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2016 executive symposium this spring. Join us in Boston on March 29-30 for what is shaping up to…

Best of 2015: Three Supply Management Lessons Learned from the Great Carnitas Shortage of 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 29, 2015Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy

Editor’s Note: This week on CPO Rising, we’re publishing five “best of” articles from 2015 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! In…

Research Preview: The State of Strategic Sourcing – Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini December 21, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to announce the publication of The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and informative annual research…

Technology Round-Up – December 10, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 10, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

SciQuest Updates Spend Automation Suite with Strategic Sourcing Capabilities Last week, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers automated spend management solutions for procurement practitioners, announced that it has updated its spend automation suite…

Technology Round-Up – November 19, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2015Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Intrigo Announces Collaboration with Ariba on Direct Materials Procurement Intrigo Systems, a California-based integrated business planning (IBP) and managed service provider (MSP) for SAP solutions, announced that it is partnering…

What the Defense Contract Management Agency can Teach us about Better Buying

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 22, 2015Articles, General, Process, Strategy

In an article from Federal News Radio, it was reported that the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is seeking to improve and standardize decision making among its geographically dispersed network of buyers,…

Upcoming Webinar: The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 – Supplier-Centric Sourcing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 14, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and LexisNexis on Thursday, October 22 at 2:00 PM EST for this free webinar on the State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 - Supplier-Centric Sourcing, which draws on the responses…

Gain a Competitive Edge with eSourcing (Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 3, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Selectica on Thursday, September 10 at 12:00 PM EST for this free webinar on the value of eSourcing and Supplier-Centric Strategic Sourcing. Register here! For quite some…

4 Supplier Management Articles You Should Read

By Andrew Bartolini August 31, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising has been actively publishing thought leadership, technology analysis, and supply management best practices for many years and the result has been a steady stream of valuable content that…

Four Supplier Management Best Practices

By Andrew Bartolini August 21, 2015Articles, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Business pressures and needs have changed over the past five years such that product lifecycles are shorter and market swings are wider than ever before. The pace of business has…