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The Reality of Contingent Workforce Growth in 2020 (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer July 7, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Technology5 Comments

Nearly twelve years ago, businesses across the world were faced with one of the worst financial crises they had ever experienced. Forced to execute mass layoffs and organizational restructuring, many…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Speaker Spotlight: Uldis Sipols

By Phil Bartolini July 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

In April and May, Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management…

Happy Fourth of July!

By Phil Bartolini July 3, 2020Articles, General

From all of us here at Ardent Partners to our community, we wish you and yours a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We’ll pick it back up on Monday,…

Announcing the Procurement Metrics that Matter eBook Available for a Limited Time Only!

By Andrew Bartolini July 2, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Since 2000, the global economy has been increasingly driven through its supply chain. Now, the global supply chain is under attack. Once again, CPOs have been called to the front…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Speaker Spotlight: Greg Tennyson, VSP Global

By Phil Bartolini June 30, 2020Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – SirionLabs

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2014: Convergence

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. In March of 2014, we published CPO Rising 2014: Convergence, a…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 502: A Conversation with Dan Beck, COO and Co-Founder, Utmost

By Christopher Dwyer June 24, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline. This week’s episode features a conversation with Utmost’s COO and co-founder, Dan Beck. Dan and I…

Now Available – The State of ePayables 2020 Market Research Report

By Andrew Bartolini June 24, 2020Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology4 Comments

The State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge In 2020, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession continues to gain momentum and impact business operations and…

Webinar! The Procurement Metrics That Matter for 2020

By Phil Bartolini June 23, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Join Ardent Partners this Thursday, June 25th at 2 PM ET for our annual Procurement Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by GEP. This webinar, based on its accompanying eBook, is a compilation of the…