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Technology Round-Up – September 8, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 8, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Basware Announces Mastercard Partnership, Reaches 80 Million Transactions Per Year Basware, the world’s largest e-invoicing network, has joined forces with MasterCard, one of the world’s largest payment networks, to create…

Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Cash Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 22, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. I called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…

Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 12, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology1 Comment

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…

CPO News – July 28, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Former Boeing Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Ten days ago, former Boeing procurement officer, Deon Anderson, 47 of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of federal procurement fraud, including…

Accounts Payable and Procurement Collaboration: Two Hearts Beat as One

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Historically, AP and procurement teams have operated in business silos; each responsible for certain parts of the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, but rarely cooperating as true teammates. Perhaps it’s because they…

CPO News – June 5, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

TSYS Names New Global Chief Procurement Officer TSYS, a provider of payment processing solutions located in Columbus, Ga, recently announced that Walter Taylor will join their executive team as Chief…

Proactis to Acquire Intesource

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 16, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…

Acquisti & Sostenibilita Publishes New Sustainable Supply Chain Study

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 24, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Today, we’re pleased to feature research from Acquisti & Sostenibilità ("Sustainable Procurement"), the Italian organization co-founded by Luca Guzzabocca. Luca is a "friend of the site," and we profiled him…

CPO News – US Court Strikes Down Conflict Minerals Provision, Upholds Others

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 22, 2014Articles, General, Process

On Monday, April 14, a U.S. Appellate Court struck down key provisions of the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring many American companies to declare…