Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…
A Briefing with Scopeworker: Three Takeaways
Although the world of work is changing at a rapid clip, with the Future of Work and agile workforce both revolutionizing how businesses manage their talent and projects, there is…
Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?
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…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 330: A Conversation with Sapience Analytics
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week’s episode features a fantastic discussion with two members of the Sapience Analytics team: Brad…
CPO News — March 6, 2019
Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…
Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire
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…
Three Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Conducting E-Auctions
Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…
Basware Terminates Discussions with Tradeshift
Basware today announced that it had terminated discussions with Tradeshift in relation to a possible offer to acquire all shares in Basware. These two leaders in the procure-to-pay space had…
Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)
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…
Introducing the AP Metrics that Matter in 2019 (New eBook)
With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent’s compilation eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2019”, which is available for download here. Over the next…