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The Illusory Magic of Business Technology: Scenes from IvaluaNOW 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 3, 2019Articles, Events, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending IvaluaNOW, Ivalua's bi-annual user conference in Chicago. It follows closely on the heals of its other user conference, IvaluaNOW in Paris, which…

Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2019Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware's North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user…

Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar)!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 19, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's "State of Procurement" webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take…

CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion — A New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 12, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Join the Ardent Partners analyst team and special guests on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 pm EST for the must-attend procurement event of the spring -- CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion! Click…

Monday First Thing: EcoVadis Sustain 2019 #IgniteChange

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, I journeyed to Paris to participate in and attend EcoVadis' annual user conference, Sustain 2019. The annual event has grown dramatically over the past few years,…

An Afternoon with Genpact: The Future of the Digital Enterprise

By Christopher Dwyer March 19, 2019Articles, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The very idea of “digital transformation” is an intricate one. While many organizations may desire to be the next great digital enterprise, the truth is that there is so much…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…

Technology Round-Up — March 13, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 13, 2019Articles, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…

Smarter Contracts can Lead to Smarter Procurement Analytics — Here’s How (Upcoming Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 25, 2019Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For some enterprise procurement teams, managing the contracting process may seem like a back-end, tactical process that does not result in anything strategic beyond a codified business relationship with a…