The AP Metrics that Matter in 2019: Contested Payments
Where does the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) process begin? The answer probably depends on who you ask. Some will say sourcing is the starting point, others will say procurement, and still others…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
How Far Can We Apply Industry 4.0 to Procurement?
Industry 4.0, as it has been called, is the next phase of manufacturing. By its namesake, it is the fourth industrial revolution representing not just the digitization and automation of…
Avoiding Digital Disaster
If you missed yesterday's webinar, The Procurement Leader's Guide to Digital Transformation, you missed a really interesting presentation (if I do say so, myself) and a scintillating discussion with the…
Throwback Thursday: CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – March 20, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
From Industry 4.0 to Procurement 4.0: Turning Innovative Ideas into Innovation
Editor's Note: Andrew Bartolini's Monday First Thing article will return next week at its usual day and time. In the meantime, we invite you to consider the specific ways that Industry 4.0…
Are We Really Headed Towards Recession in 2019?
My wife and I recently met with a real estate agent who, years ago, helped us buy our first home. He's been representing home buyers and sellers for more than…
New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function
The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…
Throwback Thursday: The Adoption Series — “Bridging” the Gap
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…