CPO Challenge: Mapping Processes to Systems
CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance…
Chief Procurement Officers: Developing Procurement Mastery
CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…
A Portrait of the CPO as a Young Man or Woman
CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade - Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 132: Discussion with Milton Park Partners and Leftover Mailbag Questions
The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast is live with another exciting edition. This week, we spoke to Wayne Surman and Jim Aiden of Milton Park Partners, a new contingent workforce solution…
The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology
Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…
The Growing Interest in Automating B2B Payments
While the accounts payable (“AP”) function has long been one of the last bastions of manual processes in an enterprise, we have started to see a small technological evolution that…
Six Things That Will Derail Your Contingent Workforce Program in 2017
Interested in keeping up with the evolution of the non-employee workforce, gig economy, and what it means for the future of work? Make sure to subscribe to the Contingent Workforce…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 131: February Listener Mailbag Edition
Welcome to another exciting edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. On tap for this week’s episode is the February edition of our “listener mailbag” series. Discussions include: The keys…
Understanding the Current State of AP to Improve Future Performance
It is a new year, and in the evolving world of business, where more organizations are automating their processes, it is a wonder why accounts payable (AP) departments lag behind…
How Innovative Supply Management Technologies Create Opportunity for CIOs
Editor’s Note: This article is the final installment in this series based upon Ardent Partners’ recent report, The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology (sponsored by Coupa). Click to…