Great CPOs Highlight the CPO Rising Summit Agenda
Hi there - Our third-annual procurement executive symposium, CPO Rising 2018: the Age of Intelligence, is just two weeks away. For Day 1, alone, my team and I have recruited…
CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – Harold “Hal” Good, CPO Rising Hall of Famer
Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer to CPO Rising 2018. He will host an Expert Roundtable…
CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – Stephen Listzwan, SVP and Head of Procurement (CPO), Shire Pharmaceuticals
The Road to Procurement Like so many other Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), Steve Listzwan, the senior vice president and head of procurement at Shire Pharmaceuticals (and the recipient of CPO…
Source-to-Settle Transformation: Two Headings — One Destination
"Procurement transformation” has become a common theme for many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders who are searching for an advantage in an increasingly competitive and complex business marketplace.…
Supply Management’s Long, Slow March Towards Digital Transformation
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sample from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (click to register and download). Readers can access all of this year’s…
Learn How to Turn Procurement Intelligence Into Procurement Agility – The CPO Rising 2018 Summit
With the rise of Big Data, advanced analytics, and next-generation supply management applications, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams are more agile today than at any time in the history…
Set Your Course for Procurement Transformation
The fact of the matter is that most procurement organizations struggle to do things very well or even consistently well. Certainly there are groups (often referred to by Ardent Partners…
Be a Part of the “Age of Intelligence” for Procurement – Join Us At The CPO Rising 2018 Summit
The Dawn of a New Age for Procurement As a procurement leader, you know better than most that businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – August 16, 2018
Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and…
Announcing the Second Annual “CPO Honors Gala” at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that The CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders, will be held once again at…