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CPO News – February 16, 2017
SAIC Names Karen Wheeler Chief Human Resources Officer Northern Virginia-based Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) announced that Karen Wheeler, SAIC’s Chief Procurement Officer of nearly four years, has been... Read more
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Procurement 2017: When Trends Collide
Each January, the research team at Ardent Partners gathers and performs a comprehensive review of the primary research that we have conducted over the past 24 months. We then gaze into... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – January 26, 2017
Coupa Closes the Loop with Acquisition of Spend360 A couple of weeks ago, Coupa Software, one of the leading supply management solution providers in our industry, announced that it had... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – December 13, 2016
Rosslyn Data Technologies Partners with Dun & Bradstreet for Self-Service Spend Analysis On November 10, London-based Rosslyn Data Technologies, which provides cloud-based big data management and analytics solutions for enterprise procurement... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – December 6, 2016
Basware Launches Catalog Management Service, Marketplace On November 29, Basware, the Finland-based provider of e-invoicing and purchase-to-pay (P2P) solutions, announced that it has launched Marketplace, a catalog management service on the Basware Network. Marketplace had already... Read more
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CPO News – December 2, 2016
Vivint Appoints New CPO Vivint Smart Home, the largest smart home services provider in North America, announced this week that it has appointed David Porter as the company’s new Chief Procurement Officer. Porter... Read more
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Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: Optimization-based Sourcing Tools
Ardent Partners’ recent research report, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, chronicles the evolution of sourcing and procurement technologies over the last two decades to where they are today and... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – November 15, 2016
Directworks Announces Updated Sourcing and Supplier Management Tool, Directworks 4 On October 3, Directworks, the Pennsylvania-based provider of sourcing and supplier management solutions for the cloud, announced that it has... Read more
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Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies: “Moneyball for Procurement”
Publisher’s Note: We should note that the concept of “Moneyball for Procurement” was introduced to the world by Jacob Larsen of Maersk at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit in Boston last... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – November 8, 2016
GEP Partners with Global Risk Management Solutions to Enhance Risk Management Capabilities On November 2, GEP, a New Jersey-based provider of procurement software and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announced... Read more