Five Procurement Strategies to Unlock Greater Value
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
Why CPOs Could Drive the Next Round of M&A Activity – Part 1
"If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of…
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The Resiliency Imperative – CPO Playbook: Leveraging Your Network To Ensure Supply in the Age of Corona
The Resiliency Imperative sessions continue this week with our best set of sessions yet including three created by and for Chief Procurement Officers. Listen On-Demand - CPO Playbook: Leveraging Your Network To Ensure Supply…
The Resiliency Imperative – The Role of Sustainability in the Post-COVID-19 Supply Chain (Session 9 Overview)
The Resiliency Imperative sessions continues with The Role of Sustainability in the Post-COVID-19 Supply Chain (click to register). In this session, we will we hear from a leading supply chain sustainability expert, Divya…
20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#19 – Cash Management)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders…
Five Lessons from an eSourcing Legend
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. Today at 2 pm, Gregg Brandyberry will deliver…
The Resiliency Imperative – A New World (of) Orders: Rethinking The Global Supply Chain (Session 3 Overview)
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…
The Resiliency Imperative – Business Continuity Planning (Session 2 Overview)
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. UPDATE: Session 2: Prevent, Manage, Recover: Key…
Resiliency Themes – Part 4: Procurement Becomes a Core Business Function
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…