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SAP Ariba Live Case Study: What AbbVie’s Spend Data “Tells” It
On Day 1 of SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, SAP Ariba Live 2016 in Las Vegas, the Ardent Partners analyst team sat in on a presentation entitled, Spend Analysis: What... Read more
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CPO Rising 2016 Recap: Managing Supplier Risk in a Tough Global Climate
On Tuesday, March 29th, we had the pleasure of hearing Robert “Bob” Kane speak at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit here in Boston. He delivered a fascinating breakout presentation on Supply Chain Risk:... Read more
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How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management
As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – March 24, 2016
E2Open Acquires Terra Technology On March 8, E2Open (NASDAQ: EOPN), a California-based provider of supply chain collaboration, planning, and execution solutions for the cloud, announced that it acquired Terra Technology, the Connecticut-based... Read more
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The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: Supply Risk Management (and last chance to download!)
Editor’s Note: Today is your last chance to download Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – February 4, 2016
Coupa Announces Contractually Acquisition Last week, Coupa, the California-based provider of spend management solutions for the cloud, provided Ardent Partners with a briefing on its recent acquisition of Contractually, the Vancouver, Canada-based... Read more
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How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five: External Stakeholder Engagement
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... Read more
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How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Four: Knowledge Management
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners would like to invite you to our Procurement 2016: Big Trends and Predictions webinar that we are hosting on Thursday, January 28 at 2 PM EST. This is... Read more
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Best of 2015: Three More Lessons Learned from the Great Carnitas Shortage of 2015
Editor’s Note: This week on CPO Rising, we’re publishing a series of “best of” articles from 2015 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.... Read more
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Best of 2015: Three Supply Management Lessons Learned from the Great Carnitas Shortage of 2015
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... Read more