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Payables Place First Thing: Electronic Payment as a Source of Value to Organizations
Where does the most money flow out of an organization? No, it’s not fraud, theft, or even sales meetings. The simple answer is Accounts Payable (“AP”). Since AP pays all... Read more
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LAST CHANCE – Submit Nominations for the CPO Honors Awards
CPO Honors 2018 Presented on November 7, 2018 at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit We are no longer accepting nominations Ardent Partners will recognize Chief Procurement Officers and their teams for outstanding... Read more
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Going Public, Digital Staffing, and the Flexible Workforce: A Conversation with Upwork’s SVP of Marketing, Rich Pearson
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the news that Upwork, a global provider of online staffing (and freelance talent marketplace), filed its initial paper work to offer an IPO.... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 311: A Conversation with Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we (finally) sit down for a discussion with Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, to chat about the procurement... Read more
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Five Best Practices in Supplier Information Management
In the current “Age of Innovation,” businesses are more reliant upon their suppliers than ever before. But, the ability of sourcing and procurement teams to fully optimize their suppliers’ performance... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: B2B Payments…The Final Frontier of AP Automation
In a world where the speed of business increases moment by moment, and the next big competitor is right around the corner, enterprises can ill afford to let business value... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Management’s “Age of Intelligence” is Here
In any business function, visibility is paramount. The wide scope of enterprise operations, from invoice-processing and supplier management to talent acquisition and spend management, necessitates a modern focus on the... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 314: A Conversation with Tyler Pearson, Co-Founder and CEO of AmalgaNation
This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features an engaging discussion with co-founder and CEO of new digital staffing platform AmalgaNation, Tyler Pearson. Tyler and I chat... Read more