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Ardent Partners Welcomes Harold “Hal” Good, Procurement Luminary, to CPO Rising 2016!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 21, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Contract Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…

Webinar Preview: Savings and Risk: The Rise of Analytics for Procurement – March 23

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 15, 2016Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners' Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, along with representatives and clients of Determine, Inc. on Wednesday, March 23 at 2:00 pm EST for this complementary webinar…

Research Preview: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for Better Contract Management – Part II

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 11, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is the second of two articles from a report that we recently published, entitled, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for Better Contract Management, sponsored by DocuSign and available for free download…

Technology Round-Up – March 10, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 10, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Tradeshift, MetaProcure Partner to Bring Managed Procurement Services to the Masses On March 8, Tradeshift, the California-based provider of supplier collaboration networks, announced that is has partnered with Georgia-based MetaProcure, a provider of…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Spend Analysis and eSourcing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Ardent Partners Welcomes John Zagata of Spectra Energy to CPO Rising 2016!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 7, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of the outstanding executives that are presenting at the CPO Rising 2016 Summit. Today we continue the series with an…

Technology Round-Up – March 3, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 3, 2016Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Data Intensity Acquires Enrich, Inatech to Enhance Procurement Solutions On February 24, Bedford, MA-based Data Intensity, which provides cloud-based, managed, and professional services for Oracle implementation, announced that it has…

The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: Supply Risk Management (and last chance to download!)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 29, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Editor's Note: Today is your last chance to download Ardent Partners' The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015: The Four Pillars of Sourcing Success report. Interested readers can download this exciting and…

Technology Round-Up – February 25, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 25, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

SAP-Concur Extends its Managed Travel Program, TripLink, to French and German Markets On February 16, SAP, the parent company of travel and expense management solution provider, Concur, announced that it is extending its managed…