A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”
[A note from the editor: Last week, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - and invited others to offer up their answers because we…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…
How Do You Define Spend Under Management?
Before starting today’s article, I’d like to welcome all readers to join the Ardent Partners Supply Management Research Group on LinkedIn by clicking here. Joining this group is one new…
GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (II)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,…
GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (I)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP's name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,…
ePayables 2014: Top 3 Roadblocks to Cost-Savings in Accounts Payable
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…
CPO News – July 28, 2014
Former Boeing Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Ten days ago, former Boeing procurement officer, Deon Anderson, 47 of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of federal procurement fraud, including…
ePayables 2014: The Quest – Top Priorities
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…
CPO Rising 2014 (Report): Convergence Fever
Before starting today's article, I'd like to welcome all readers to join the Ardent Partners Supply Management Research Group on LinkedIn by clicking here. Joining this groups is one new…