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Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Business Travel
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly geared towards our... Read more
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Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Doing Better with Same
Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and the focus of this report is exactly geared towards the readers of CPO Rising (CPOs and those who... Read more
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Procurement’s CWM Responsibilities
Welcome to the first article in a series that will examine which internal unit owns responsibility for the vast array of intricate attributes of contemporary contingent workforce management. Today’s article... Read more
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It’s a Brand New Day: AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year’s study] introduced accounts payable’s new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their... Read more
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Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)
Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Business Consulting Skills
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Leveraging Technology to Drive Business Value
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Operational Procurement
Most Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies)... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – May 28, 2014
It’s only our second “Tech Round-up” and already, I’m thinking that we may need to rename this series – too generic. Anyway, as a reminder, this month, CPO Rising started... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Contract Management
Leading Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies) that a procurement professional... Read more