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Ardent’s New Report on Procurement Technology Selection is Available

By Andrew Bartolini July 16, 2021Articles, General, Strategy, Technology

The "Source-to-Settle" process is often referred to as "supply management" or "spend management." Each of these terms refers to the buyer-supplier relationship in its entirety, including the sourcing, contracting, procurement,…

Welcome To The Future Of Work Exchange (FOWX)!

By Christopher Dwyer July 15, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General

Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the Future of Work Exchange! This new site is the culmination of decades of time spend researching and developing the strategies, tools, characteristics, and attributes…

Payables Metrics That Maximize Your Buying Power (New Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2021Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay

[Editor’s Note: Click here to register to Ardent’s upcoming webinar, Payables Metrics That Maximize Your Buying Power, sponsored by Ivalua.] Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of…

The State of AP in 2021: Stronger than Ever

By Andrew Bartolini July 13, 2021Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay

Ardent recently completed its annual AP-themed market research study, “The State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that the Ardent team has had…

Procurement 2021: Technology Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…

With the Workforce at a Breaking Point, What is the Role of Agile Talent?

By Christopher Dwyer July 9, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, General

The United States is at an interesting crossroads in relation to its total workforce: after historic unemployment and severe staffing disruption at a year ago at this time, most labor…

ePayables 2021 Every Challenge is an Opportunity

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2021Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

Upcoming Webinar: The Transformation of the Agile Workforce

By Christopher Dwyer July 7, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Technology

Last year, Ardent Partners predicted that the global business landscape would experience a sharp uptick in the utilization of non-employee labor as a direct result of the pandemic’s sweeping impact…

Procurement 2021: Visibility into Savings, Spend, & Impact

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People1 Comment

Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…

Happy Fourth of July!

By Phil Bartolini July 5, 2021Articles, General

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…