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Technologies that Make P2P Automation Possible

By Andrew Bartolini September 4, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Collaboration is more than important in the modern marketplace. It’s downright essential to reaching top-performing status as a company. Collaboration in the procure-to-pay (P2P) process is no different, as it’s…

Business or Sourcing: What Skill Sets Does Your CPO Value Most?

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

I'm working on our 2014 State of Strategic Sourcing report set to publish at the end of the month, so sourcing is top of mind and a major theme on…

An SMB Buyer’s Guide to AP Automation

By Andrew Bartolini August 28, 2014Articles, Process, Technology

Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no…

The SMB of the Future

By Andrew Bartolini August 26, 2014Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Today’s article is a brief snippet of a report that Ardent Partners completed for Concur entitled - The SMB of the Future: Start Fast, Then Accelerate For an entire generation, technology has…

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual ePayments Rising Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 20, 2014Articles, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners will soon publish "ePayments Rising: The 2014 Market Report." This independent research report seeks to present a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of…

Nipendo Offers Plug-and-Play Supplier Cloud; Connects Partners with New Communities

By Andrew Bartolini August 18, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means…

A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”

By Andrew Bartolini August 13, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

[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…

ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini August 8, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

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?

By Andrew Bartolini August 6, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

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)

By Andrew Bartolini August 5, 2014Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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,…