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Research Preview: Five Transformative Strategies to Unlock More Procurement Value – Part I

By Andrew Bartolini August 7, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

Today's article is the first of two articles from a report that we recently published, entitled, Five Transformative Strategies to Unlock More Procurement Value, sponsored by BravoSolution and available for free download by clicking here.…

ePayables 2015: AP’s Top 3 Priorities in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came…

Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 16, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to…

Three Strategies for Collaborative Sourcing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. New geographies and supply markets have opened up; innovative technologies have…

AribaLIVE 2015: Looking to the Future of Business Commerce

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2015Articles, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's Note: Today’s article is an analysis of two similar but separate presentations delivered by Ariba executives at their user conferences this spring. The first was at AribaLIVE in Las…

Three Prerequisites for Collaborative Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Globalization means that new geographies and supply markets keep opening up;…

AP Predictions for 2015: Networks Will Become the Critical Link to Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini June 4, 2015Articles, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Following our series on trends in accounts payable, CPO Rising is going to take a look at predictions for the future of AP. Today’s installment, the second of four, will take a…

How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks

By Andrew Bartolini May 21, 2015Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor's Note: Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Hubwoo, recently published a helpful guide on How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks. Today's article features snippets of the guide, which…

The Next Generation of Procurement: The Millennials Have Shown Up to Work

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 4, 2015Articles, Lists, People

[Editor's Note: we're publishing today's article to coincide with ISM's 100th annual conference that is currently being held in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew Bartolini and I are in attendance with…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review…