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Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2011Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…

P2P Excellence – Design for Success (2)

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, TechnologyNo Comments

This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners In our last article, (found here), we talked about Ardent’s P2P research series that is aimed at helping…

P2P Excellence – Design for Success (1)

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, TechnologyNo Comments

This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners Ardent Partners is in the process of publishing a series of reports that are designed to help organizations…

Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…

A “Must-Have” AP Metric

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2011Articles, General, Procure-to-PayNo Comments

Following up on Wednesday’s Monday Morning Query (Offering a "Monday" series on a Wednesday is what happens when you spend two full weeks at conferences in Orlando; it’s gonna leave…

MMQ – What is the “Must-Have” AP Performance Metric?

By Andrew Bartolini May 18, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-PayNo Comments

So, it is not Monday (where we occasionally publish our Monday Morning Query series) and this is the third AP/ePayables focused article in a row. Guilty as charged! This article…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers2 Comments

Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

Dateline: May 8-12 Event: FUSION 2011 Host: The Institute of Financial Operations Place: Orlando Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center The newly rebranded Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”) hosted its…

CPO Shop Talk (Ariba LIVE Version): (1) Supplier Enablement’s Long Tail (2) ACH Payments

By Andrew Bartolini April 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2011 was held last week in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort [Sidebar: What a great place to hold an event! More on…

ROA – Now Showing: “The Return of eProcurement”

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2010Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Our ROA (Return on Assets) series continues... In the movie business, “Returns” can mean big "returns" at the box office – Just ask the King or the Jedi or two…