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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 135: The Innovation Edition

By Christopher Dwyer April 5, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This week’s exciting new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Shiftgig, is an “innovation edition” that highlights three avenues of innovation that will have a dramatic impact…

Technology Round-Up – April 4, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 4, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Tradeshift Adds Artificial Intelligence Capability to Platform On March 24, Tradeshift, the California-based provider of supplier collaboration networks, announced that it has added an artificial intelligence (AI) "layer" onto its business/supplier network to…

Three Game-Changing Innovations to Move Your AP Department Forward

By Andrew Bartolini April 3, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Like the designated hitter and the use of sabermetrics in baseball, there are a number of game-changing innovations available to the modern accounts payable (AP) professional that can help get…

The Cognitive Procurement “Ecosystem”

By Andrew Bartolini March 31, 2017Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor's Note: Today's article is a preview of an Ardent Partners research report, Cognitive Procurement: The Age of Intelligence, sponsored by IBM Watson Commerce. Interested readers can download this exciting…

Ivalua Now 2017

By Andrew Bartolini March 30, 2017Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Ivalua held its second annual Ivalua Now customer conference last week in New York City. Ivalua was founded in 2000 and offers an end-to-end suite of spend management solutions. The…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 134: Does the Gig Economy Have Long-Term Benefits?

By Christopher Dwyer March 29, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we tackle an interesting question: does the “gig economy” have long-term benefits”? What does the gig economy…

The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department – Report Preview!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Zycus, is pleased to present this research report, The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department. Interested readers can access the report with our compliments by…

The Top Three Priorities for AP Departments in the Year Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini March 27, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

The accounts payable (AP) function as a whole is in the midst of an automation transformation. And slowly but surely, the perception of AP is slowly changing as well. It is…

SAP Ariba Live: Making Supply Risk Management Awesome

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this week, Andrew Bartolini and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated attendees) and…

Technology Round-up – March 23, 2017 (SAP Ariba Live Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini March 23, 2017Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, Matt York and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated…