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Ardent Partners Launches Digital Staffing Technology Report

By Andrew Bartolini July 25, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Solution Providers, Technology

New Study Addresses The Digital Staffing and Talent Marketplace Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, July 25, 2019 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new Digital…

Throwback Thursday: The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (2)

By Andrew Bartolini July 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Is Your Procurement Team Best-in-Class? Four Key Enablers for Success

By Phil Bartolini July 23, 2019Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: Join us tomorrow, July 24 at 12pm ET, for a complimentary webinar presentation entitled “Is Your Procurement Team Best-in-Class? Four Key Enablers for Success” (click to register), sponsored…

Announcing the Agenda for CPO Rising 2019 Procurement Executive Summit

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy

In 2019, the procurement profession still has momentum and is more critical to business operations and results than ever before. But, a decade of Ardent Partners research shows that the…

Procurement’s Love Affair with Blockchain: Built to Last, or Destined to Fail?

By Andrew Bartolini July 19, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

In mid-2019, it should be no secret that Blockchain distributed ledger technology is disrupting the business world across the board (if you've been asleep since 2016 and are just waking…

Throwback Thursday: The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (1)

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Strategy6 Comments

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 404: Listener Mailbag Edition for July

By Christopher Dwyer July 17, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode tackles topics such as diversity and inclusion, the human elements of the Future of Work, a…

Contingent Workforce Myths…Debunked

By Christopher Dwyer July 16, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Process, Technology

With non-employee workers (including freelancers, temporary workers, SOW-based labor and contractors) comprising more and more of the average company’s total workforce, the current perception of contingent workforce management is sometimes…

Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality

By Andrew Bartolini July 15, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Here's a great interview staring Ardent Partners' Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ's Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence…

AP’s Plan for 2019: Boost the Insights, Lose the Paper

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2019People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] A modern AP operation can differentiate itself from historical iterations by executing…