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AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade
In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s... Read more
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The CPO’s Approach to Supply Risk
Ardent Partners, the established leader in supply management market research, has identified unprecedented levels of risk across the vastly complex and highly interconnected supply chains that drive and support the... Read more
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What Can We Do Right Now to Prepare Our Workforce for 2021?
During breakfast over the weekend, my wife casually mentioned that she wanted the two of us to start our holiday shopping. When she politely informed me that I had rolled... Read more
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Becoming Data-Driven in Accounts Payable
Due to the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, and connected devices permeating the modern business environment, more data is being created each year than ever... Read more
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Five Procurement Strategies to Unlock Greater Value
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business... Read more
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(Throwback Thurs) B2B Payments: The Impact of ePayments on Current AP Processes
[Publisher’s note: Ardent Partners new report is now available – 2020 B2B Payments Technology Landscape please click here – Request the report (practitioners with business email only) today!] Each year, Ardent Partners conducts... Read more
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B2B Payments: “The Last Mile” of the P2P Process Finally Gets its Due
[Editor’s Note: Last chance to download Ardent’s 15th annual State of P2P in 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge market research report. Get your copy before... Read more
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Is Spend Under Management Still Procurement’s Gold Standard
Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful Chief Procurement Officers and procurement organizations that have... Read more
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Three Strategies for Success in the Age of Intelligence
Heightened competition in a global marketplace that is increasingly interconnected means that the decisions, operations, and performance made across an enterprise’s supply chain can have a more direct and lasting... Read more
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Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement, Part 3
Our ongoing series that looks at the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written continues today with Part Three of CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science... Read more