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Throwback Thursday: AP’s Impact on Cash Management

By Andrew Bartolini December 5, 2019Articles, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

Black Friday 2019 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder

By Andrew Bartolini November 29, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions

By Andrew Bartolini November 14, 2019Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Thank you for your Service

By Andrew Bartolini November 11, 2019Articles, Events, General

Those who live in freedom will always be grateful to those who helped preserve it. Thank you to those that helped preserve it... in any country and in any form!…

Workday to Acquire Scout RFP for $540 Million

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The News On Monday, news broke that Workday, which provides cloud-based ERP tools for finance, HR, and enterprise planning, reached a definitive agreement to acquire Scout RFP, a cloud-based procurement and strategic…

How CFOs Can Build and Nurture Alliances with CPOs

By Andrew Bartolini November 8, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy

In 2019, the duties of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) continue to expand, straddling the traditional areas of financial stewardship and the more progressive areas of strategic and business leadership,…

Throwback Thursday: Payables Place Math: AP + Treasury = Working Capital Optimization

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2019Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

The Voice of the CPO Webinar: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2019 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy

I consider myself very lucky in that I really enjoy my work. And one of the things that I look forward to each year is putting together Ardent's annual CPO…

Best-in-Class Procurement Leaders Recognized for Outstanding Achievement at the CPO Honors 2019 Gala

By Andrew Bartolini October 30, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Strategy

Executives from PPG Industries, Procter & Gamble, Hilton Supply Management, CBRE, Coca Cola FEMSA, Highmark Health, VSP Global take home awards during Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising Summit BOSTON - Ardent…

Meet Shelley Stewart, Jr., CPSM and CPO Rising Hall of Famer at CPO Rising 2019!

By Andrew Bartolini October 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People

Shelley Stewart is participating on the CPO Panel on Day One of the CPO Rising 2019 Summit. Here is a brief profile we wrote about him a few years ago…