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Announcing Ardent Partners’ Distinguished Speaker Lineup for CPO Rising 2019
Ardent Partners is excited to announce the speaker lineup for our 4th annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit, which will return to the Harvard Club of Boston (Back Bay Clubhouse)... Read more
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Announcing the Agenda for CPO Rising 2019 Procurement Executive Summit
In 2019, the procurement profession still has momentum and is more critical to business operations and results than ever before. But, a decade of Ardent Partners research shows that the... Read more
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Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus‘s Analyst... Read more
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Technology Round-Up — July 3, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)
Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: CPO Debate — Mandate or Sell the New Initiative?
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... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The CPO’s Metrics that Matter in 2019 — New Webinar from Ardent Partners
In 2019, having access to accurate, real-time metrics is a game-changer – perhaps now more than ever. Establishing and measuring relevant metrics allows an organization to understand its “current state”... Read more
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The Link Between SOW/Services Procurement and the Future of Work
The realm of “contingent labor” includes three distinct categories: traditional temporary labor (via staffing suppliers and vendors), “self-sourced” / “directly-sourced” talent, such as independent contractors and freelancers, and “complex contingent... Read more
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The State of P2P 2019 – Webinar Available for Download!
In 2019, the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and finance leaders are well positioned to move beyond providing value to the enterprise based on increased efficiency and more towards becoming an intelligence hub... Read more
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Beeline Conference 2019 Recap: The Age of Talent-Driven Digital Transformation
To say that the Vendor Management System (VMS) market has been volatile over the past several years is an understatement. Global VMS provider Beeline has first-hand experienced the true scope... Read more
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Insights from CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — New Webinar from Ardent Partners!
CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion is the research project that just keeps on giving…. Join Ardent Partners’ Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Xeeva’s Director of Product Marketing, Jessica... Read more