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Contract Management: When Collaboration Isn’t Enough, Automation Can Save the Day

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners has written at length about the value of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders (namely, with legal departments and suppliers) to uncover hidden costs, risks, and opportunities within…

What Diplomatic Relations with Cuba Could Mean for Chief Procurement Officers

By Andrew Bartolini July 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

With the recent news that the U.S. and Cuban governments are re-opening embassies in each other’s capital cities, the possibility that the U.S. and Cuba will eventually normalize economic relations…

ePayables 2015: AP’s Top 3 Priorities in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came…

Procurement Influencer Series: Patrick Stakenas of Selectica

By Andrew Bartolini July 21, 2015Articles, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor's note: Ardent Partners' Procurement Influencer Series continues today with a conversation between Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent, and Patrick Stakenas, President and CEO of Selectica. Together, the…

Upcoming Webinar: How Best-in-Class Finance Leaders Optimize Their AP Performance

By Christopher Dwyer July 20, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In 2015, more AP groups are accelerating their plans to transform their operations and scale to new heights by pursuing the critical attributes that can propel an operation to the…

Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery

By Andrew Bartolini July 16, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to…

Mobile, Virtual Contract Management: From Back Office to Out-of-Office

By Andrew Bartolini July 15, 2015Articles, General, Process, Technology

The staff at Ardent Partners has written extensively about innovation in the supply management technology sphere over the last five years. During this time, we’ve seen the evolution of mobile…

ePayables 2015: Reaching for “Higher Ground” in Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2015Articles, Process, Strategy, Technology

The Evolution of AP in 2015: Making an Impact

By Andrew Bartolini July 13, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

The world of accounts payable is changing, evolving…and the average business can benefit by boosting the strategic impact of their AP functions and linking the unit to more critical enterprise…

Procurement Influencer Series: Rick Hughes of GEP – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini July 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

In the procurement and supply management world, Rick Hughes is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of service and accomplishments under his belt working with some of the…