June 29, 2015
Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM-Emptoris have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…
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June 26, 2015
Coupa “Inspires” at INSPIRE 2015 Earlier this month, Coupa, the California-based spend and supply management solution provider, held its annual INSPIRE user conference in San Francisco. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was…
June 25, 2015
Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM-Emptoris have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…
June 23, 2015
To say that the contingent workforce industry has evolved considerably over the last decade is underselling the strategic importance of its progression. This isn’t a matter of simple advancements in…
June 22, 2015
Today’s article is a preview of a report that Ardent Partners recently published entitled, Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies. The report is sponsored by GEP and interested readers…
June 19, 2015
Following our series on trends in accounts payable, Payables Place is going to take a look at predictions for the future of the AP function. Today’s installment, the last of four, will…
June 18, 2015
[Publisher’s Note: Today’s article is an analysis of two similar but separate presentations delivered by Ariba executives at their user conferences this spring. The first was at AribaLIVE in Las…
June 17, 2015
[Editor’s note: Last week, resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, joined Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Beeline for their annual user conference…
June 16, 2015
The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Globalization means that new geographies and supply markets keep opening up;…
