Great Moments in Procurement History
The fine readers of this fine site are well aware that the CEO of the world's best known (and most beloved?) company, Tim Cook CEO of Apple used to a…
April Webinars Bring May… Results (Hubwoo – April 9)
The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we'll share (and invite you to) our…
Ariba LIVE 2014: Deutsche Bank’s “No Budget, No PO, No Pay” Plan
The 15th annual Ariba LIVE conference was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas last week with a reported 2,200 procurement and finance professionals in attendance…
Procure-to-Pay Metrics that Matter
The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we’ve noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to creating value throughout…
What Every Executive Should Know About Business Networks
This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study - click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final…
Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments
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“We have no specific procurement goals.”
In the early days of the firm, I did a regional tour to visit different procurement organizations to get their feedback on my plans for CPO Rising and Ardent Partners.…
eInvoicing – Creating Value for Suppliers
You are invited to participate in our annual AP Market Research, click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the resulting report. In my earlier…
Cross Pollination
First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…
Driving Value through a Connected P2P Process – Part II: Hire a P2P Lead
We discuss the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process frequently on CPO Rising because of its central importance to Chief Procurement Officers and procurement operations. We also see it is as a “Hot…