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The State of ePayables 2018: What Makes The Best AP Departments Better?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 27, 2018Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

BREAKING: New Mountain Capital Acquires Global VMS Solution Beeline

By Christopher Dwyer July 26, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today, global Vendor Management System (VMS) Beeline announced that is has partnered with New York-based investment firm New Mountain Capital. Beeline now follows up a major merger with another significant…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 305: Listener Mailbag (July Edition)

By Christopher Dwyer July 25, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General

This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast highlights a variety of topics in a “listener mailbag” edition for July, including: The consumerization of business. The benefits of…

Announcing THE Procurement Event of the Year! CPO Rising 2018

By Phil Bartolini July 24, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is thrilled to announce that the CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders, will once again be…

Taking Care of Business: An Interview with Martin Rohde, General Manager of Commercial Customers, Amazon Business

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 23, 2018Articles, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Last month, I spoke with Martin Rohde, General Manager of Commercial Customers at Amazon Business, for an in-depth discussion about Amazon’s B2B marketplace. Our conversation covered the origins of Amazon…

The State of ePayables 2018: How Valuable Is Your AP Team To The Greater Organization?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 20, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

What Can Next-Gen Spend Analytics Do for You? Lots

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

There may be no greater advantage for the modern enterprise than visibility. Today’s procurement organizations are often under pressure to not only drive down costs while improving category management, but…

CPO Rising 2018: The Strategic, Tech-Centric CPO

By Andrew Bartolini July 17, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present the thirteenth installment of our annual benchmark procurement research study, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, and make it available for download (click the…

“Punching In” to Real-Time Procure-to-Pay with Aquiire

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 16, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The Ardent Partners team recently participated in a briefing with the executive team at Aquiire to get a general update on the company, its recent successes from the first quarter of 2018,…

The State of ePayables 2018: Leveraging Technology in AP – 4 Steps To Take Now

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 13, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…