“Punching In” to Real-Time Procure-to-Pay with Aquiire
The Ardent Partners team recently participated in a briefing with the executive team at Aquiire to get a general update on the company, its recent successes from the first quarter of 2018,…
The State of ePayables 2018: Leveraging Technology in AP – 4 Steps To Take Now
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…
Technology Round-Up – July 12, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
CPO Rising 2018: The Intelligent CPO
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present the thirteenth installment of our annual benchmark procurement research study, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, and make it available for download (click…
BuyerQuest: Going Beyond Punch-Out
The Ardent Partners’ analyst team recently received a briefing and product demonstration from representatives from BuyerQuest, a Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions provider. Doug Blossey, senior vice president of corporate strategy, and Kyle Muskoff, vice…
The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic
Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…
The Significance of Contract Management in Plugging Procurement’s Savings Leakage
Ardent Partners research consistently illustrates the value and necessity of leveraging effective people, processes, and technologies to drive the modern procurement organization. One such process, Contract Management, resides at the…
Happy Fourth of July!
From all of us at Ardent Partners to our community, we wish you and yours a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We’ll pick it back up tomorrow but in…
The Dawn of a New Age — the Age of Intelligence (New CPO Rising Report is Out!)
Editor's Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present the thirteenth installment of our annual CPO Rising benchmark procurement research study, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, and make it available for…
The State of ePayables 2018: AP’s Transformational Journey
Editor's Note: Today’s article is a preview of Ardent Partners’ latest accounts payable (AP) research report, “The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now”, which is available for download here.…