Connecting, Learning, and Succeeding with Beeline
Change is an accepted component of the modern business world. Corporate functions evolve, technology disrupts everyday processes, and the means with which projects are addressed seem to change on a…
SAP Ariba Live Case Study: What AbbVie’s Spend Data “Tells” It
On Day 1 of SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, SAP Ariba Live 2016 in Las Vegas, the Ardent Partners analyst team sat in on a presentation entitled, Spend Analysis: What…
Throwback Thursday: Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples
Editor's Note: In the spirit of "Throwback Thursday," we're bringing our audience this gem from all the way back to the summer of 2010, Ardent's first summer. It's been some…
SAP Ariba Live 2016 Case Study: GlaxoSmithKline and the Boulders, Rocks, and Sand of Business Networks
Business networks are web-based platforms that enable interconnected buyers and suppliers to trade, communicate, and collaborate with each other. As a result of this inherent nature, and the drive among…
How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P
As Chief Procurement Officers ("CPOs") and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…
Reimagining VMS, the Role of Innovation, and a Few Days in D.C. With IQNavigator
Innovation, particularly in the world of the non-employee workforce, goes hand-in-hand with the natural evolution of the industry at large. Utilization of contingent labor rises with each passing year, new…
What Will Take CPOs and Procurement Organizations to the “Next Level?” New/Improved Technology
Editor's Note: Today, we’re previewing the second report in a series of reports entitled CPO Game Changers – Volume 2: New/Improved Technology, sponsored by Zycus and available for download here (registration required). In 2016, procurement…
Technology Round-Up – April 28, 2016
IQN Partners with Bartech Group on Workforce Management Solutions On April 13, IQN, a Colorado-based provider of contingent workforce management (CWM) solutions, announced that it has "extended and expanded" its partnership…
Webinar! Procurement Tech GPS: Top Strategies to Navigate the Tech Landscape
Editor's Note: Are you about to launch a new automation/transformation project, considering one in the near-term, or simply looking to stay current with the latest trends and innovations? If so,…
The Two Sides of Innovation
Editor’s note: today’s article is another sneak peek at the new Contingent Workforce Management: The 2016 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, available for download here. Throughout the next few weeks,…