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The Accounts Payable Metrics That Matter: AP Keys To Success (People)

By Andrew Bartolini March 12, 2019People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

[Editor's Note: Over the next few weeks, Ardent Partners will be discussing its latest eBook, The Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019, co-authored by Ardent's Founder and Chief Research…

Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…

A Briefing with Scopeworker: Three Takeaways

By Christopher Dwyer March 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Although the world of work is changing at a rapid clip, with the Future of Work and agile workforce both revolutionizing how businesses manage their talent and projects, there is…

Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

Three Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Conducting E-Auctions

By Andrew Bartolini March 1, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…

Basware Terminates Discussions with Tradeshift

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2019Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Basware today announced that it had terminated discussions with Tradeshift in relation to a possible offer to acquire all shares in Basware. These two leaders in the procure-to-pay space had…

Introducing the AP Metrics that Matter in 2019 (New eBook)

By Phil Bartolini February 26, 2019Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent’s compilation eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2019”, which is available for download here. Over the next…

Smarter Contracts can Lead to Smarter Procurement Analytics — Here’s How (Upcoming Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2019Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For some enterprise procurement teams, managing the contracting process may seem like a back-end, tactical process that does not result in anything strategic beyond a codified business relationship with a…

Monday First Thing: Are You a Specialist or a Generalist?

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

“People always ask if I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little kid. But, you have to remember when I was a farm boy growing up in…

Ardent Analysis: Corcentric to Acquire Determine, Offer Full Source-to-Settle Solution Suite

By Andrew Bartolini February 22, 2019Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Corcentric, Inc, the New Jersey-based provider of financial process automation and procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), the…