Happy Thanksgiving!
Whether you're watching parades, football, or the dog show, everyone at Ardent Partners wishes you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! If you need a laugh, enjoy this clip of the…
NEW WEBINAR: CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing
Join Ardent Partners and Coupa on December 11th (2 PM ET) as they discuss CPO 2025: Evaluating the Four Pillars of Strategic Sourcing. The pressure on procurement to deliver savings…
Magnus Mondays — When Procurement Tech Projects Fail
A big IT project has been all over the news in Sweden recently. Two regions (a region is a fairly large public entity that is responsible for public healthcare and…
Evolution Continues in Contract Management
Over the last few years, the contract management (or contract lifecycle management) solution space has seen some exciting new innovations, after lagging behind other areas in the supply management space…
NEW WEBINAR: AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024)
Join Ardent Partners and Medius on December 4th (2 PM ET) as they discuss AI In Action – Accounts Payable’s Biggest Innovations (PLUS AP HONORS 2024). This webinar will tell…
Magnus Mondays — Flexibility or Control? Why Not Both?
For the last decade or so, the go-to solution for automating the Procure to Pay (P2P) process has been … wait for it … P2P suites. The P2P process covers…
What Does “Team” Mean for Procurement in a FOW-Led World?
What does the concept of “team” mean for procurement in today’s remote and hybrid enterprises? Many workplaces continue to operate with dispersed teams. With the criticality of teamwork to execute…
Procurement News — November 13, 2024
Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…
Magnus Mondays — Why Not Generative AI?
Like most of us in the procurement tech world, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about generative AI (GenAI) lately. While some critical voices have started to make themselves heard,…
CPO Rising Listicle: Best-in-Class AP Operations Benefit the CFO in Six Ways
Fridays (in 2024) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help…