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Supply Risk Management: A Best-in-Class Value Driver

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

While cutting costs, increasing savings, and pulling more spend under management is, collectively, a well-worn path for procurement to drive performance, a road less-traveled is through effective supply risk management (SRM).…

Technology Round-Up — April 17, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 17, 2019Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Monday First Thing: A Brief History of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

In February, 2008, I penned my third annual CPO-focused report which is when I introduced the idea of "CPO Rising" (If you are interested, I found a copy of the…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – March 20, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 20, 2019Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…

Are We Really Headed Towards Recession in 2019?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 15, 2019Articles, General, People

My wife and I recently met with a real estate agent who, years ago, helped us buy our first home. He's been representing home buyers and sellers for more than…

Technology Round-Up — March 13, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 13, 2019Articles, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Technology Round-Up — February 20, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 20, 2019Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Technology Round-Up — February 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 6, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

After a brief hiatus, CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If…

Beyond Savings and Risk: Next-Gen Procurement Analytics are Coming into their Own

By Andrew Bartolini February 1, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today's article picks up where a previous article, The Rise of Analytics across Procurement Operations, left off last month. There is an enormous amount of value in Big Data,…

Throwback Thursday: Non-Price Attributes – “Who” is the Supplier?

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…