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Ardent Partners Announces 2023 AP Honors Winners!
The recent AP Honors Ceremony celebrated the accounts payable profession and recognized excellence in the field. During the ceremony, Ardent Partners presented awards for outstanding performance and execution in the... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — November 15, 2023
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: Procurement Tech — Suites vs. Specialists Part One (Framing the Decision)
A question that keeps coming up in the procurement world is: What is the better technology strategy, investing in a broader suite (think source-to-pay) or a collection of specialist providers?... Read more
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The Importance of Visibility to CPOs in 2024
With 2024 around the corner, now is a good time for chief procurement officers to take stock of strategic imperatives for the year ahead — namely, spend visibility. Big data... Read more
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Procurement News — November 8, 2023
Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders. Contact us with your... Read more
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Magnus Mondays: The Proliferation of Procurement Solutions
A little more than a decade ago when I joined Gartner and started out as an analyst, there were basically a handful of vendors that mattered and another handful that... Read more
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Ardent Partners Hires Magnus Bergfors, former Gartner Analyst
[Publisher’s Note: It goes without saying that we’re excited to make today’s announcement. I have known Magnus for more than a decade, first as the primary procurement analyst at rival... Read more
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State of ePayables 2023: AP’s Strategic Priorities in 2023
With the release of my 18th-annual Accounts Payable-themed report, my team and I continue our nearly two-decade-long dialogue with Accounts Payable (AP), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and other finance leaders. The report... Read more
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Do You Need a Fractional CPO?
It has been stated many times on Ardent Partners’ The Future of Work Exchange and CPO Rising websites how procurement plays a significant role in the Future of Work paradigm.... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — October 25, 2023
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider... Read more