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ANNOUNCING – Contingent Workforce Weekly: A New Podcast Series from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini May 26, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

Ardent Partners is excited to announce Contingent Workforce Weekly, a new weekly podcast that will tackle a variety of issues within the non-employee workforce world, including the evolution of talent…

Technology Round-Up – May 26, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 26, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

SciQuest Announces Portfolio Savings Manager, Q1 Financial Results On May 16, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers automated spend management solutions for procurement practitioners, announced the release of Portfolio Savings Manager ("PSM"), a…

eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…

ISM 2016: eISM Goes Live

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 23, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

At the 101st annual Institute for Supply Management ("ISM") conference in Indianapolis last week, ISM debuted a new e-Learning initiative, eISM, that is designed to meet the needs of today’s…

Webinar! It Pays to Pay Electronically: What Does Paperless Mean to You?

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2016Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For many in Procurement and Accounts Payable, going paperless cuts out a lot of the pain associated with manual processing. ePayments are often described as a digital easy button. But…

What Can We Learn from the Golden State Warriors?

By Christopher Dwyer May 17, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is yet another indicator of the evolution of the non-employee workforce. If you don’t have lunch plans for this afternoon, be sure to check out Ardent’s…

New Webinar – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As our readers know, CPO Rising is the name of this website, but it is also the name of both our annual CPO research study and event. Well, I am…

Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For the past 10 years, Coupa has focused on what it calls “Value-as-a-Service,” which has taken the form of a desire to drive value for its customers. This focus was…

Coupa Inspire 2016: Taking a Value-Driven Approach to Spend Management Transformation

By Andrew Bartolini May 12, 2016Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

On the mainstage at Coupa Inspire 2016, Bhargavi Kosaraju, Director, Product Operations and Procurement at KPMG, led a panel discussion with representatives from Aon plc and Capital One Financial focused…

Coupa, Inspired!

By Andrew Bartolini May 12, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A decade ago, as a favor to Coupa's founders, I participated on calls with several VC firms who were looking at investing in the new start-up (Coupa). The discussions focused…