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Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality

By Andrew Bartolini July 15, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Here's a great interview staring Ardent Partners' Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ's Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence…

Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions

By Andrew Bartolini July 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

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…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 403: A Discussion with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions

By Christopher Dwyer July 10, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General

This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions. Paul and I discuss why…

Six Strategies to Manage Supplier and Third-Party Risk

By Andrew Bartolini July 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than…

The Human Capital Management Strategies That Will Transform Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer July 9, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Strategy1 Comment

Over five years ago, Ardent’s research discovered that the contingent workforce market was becoming more “talent-led” than “commodity-led,” translating into the need for contingent workforce management (CWM) programs to effectively…

Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

The CFO: From CPA to CEO (in-Waiting)

By Andrew Bartolini July 5, 2019Articles, People, Strategy

From the earliest of entrepreneurs to the largest of today’s global corporations, significant time and resources have been invested in the development of financial management expertise and capabilities – an…

Happy Fourth of July!

By Andrew Bartolini July 4, 2019Articles

From all of us here at Ardent Partners to our community, we wish you and yours a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We’ll pick it back up tomorrow but…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 402: Why is the Transformation of Business Strategy So Critical to the Future of Work?

By Christopher Dwyer July 3, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we chat about why the transformation of business strategy is so critical to the Future of Work…

Technology Round-Up — July 3, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini July 3, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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…