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Don’t Overlook Contract Talent Onboarding (and Offboarding)

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

[Publisher's note: Ardent’s Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer is here to talk about an issue that plagues even the best managers of Contingent Workforce Management programs across the world: onboarding…

BravoSolution and Basware Form Global Partnership to Attack the Source-to-Pay Market

By Andrew Bartolini September 18, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

After months of work at the executive levels within each company, BravoSolution and Basware yesterday announced the formation of a new global partnership that will be focused on jointly attacking the…

Mobility and Complex Spend Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer September 16, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The first article in this two-part series highlighted the growing rise of mobile applications and solutions within the greater framework of complex spend management. Earlier, we discussed how mobile apps…

ePayables Solutions (Part 3): Payments

By Vishal Patel September 13, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn, Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of accounts payable. The report is available…

ePayables Solutions (Part 2): eInvoicing & Networks

By Vishal Patel September 11, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Corporate Convergence: Finance and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Convergence has been a big theme this past decade. Frankly, it seems like everything is converging with something else. Your local pharmacy is now your walk-in clinic. Your low-cost retailer…

ePayables Solutions (Part 1): Scan, Capture, & Workflow

By Vishal Patel September 5, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2013Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology1 Comment

I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of accounts payable is now available from the report’s different sponsors by clicking here,…

The Organizational Structure of AP

By Vishal Patel August 29, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Several years ago, the structure of accounts payable groups began to shift to more centralized models. Today, centralization remains the preferred operating model with more than 80% of all AP…

A Collaborative Approach to Event Management

By Christopher Dwyer August 27, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Business travel and corporate meetings/events are two of the largest expenditures for the average enterprise, and while procurement organizations often find the good ways to reduce costs within these two…