What Makes An Accounts Payable Function Best-in-Class?
Great question, you say (but a horrible segue from the CPO Bracketology - back next time) and one that Ardent Partners hopes to answer in its upcoming annual AP market…
March Madness – Day Four
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different…
CPO Bracketology – Day 3
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different…
CPO Bracketology – Day Two
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year's champion Yes folks, it's March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different…
CPO Rising 2012 Tournament – First Round, First Games
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year's champion Yes folks, it's March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different…
CPO Rising Tournament 2012
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year's champion Yes folks, it's March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different…
Half Full or Half Empty? The State of Spend Analysis in 2012
Despite my somewhat strident tone in the last two articles that focused on The State of Spend Analysis in 2012 (article 1 and article 2), I continue to be impressed…
The State of Spend Analysis in 2012 (2)
In our introduction to The State of Spend Analysis in 2012, we flowed from sourcing seamlessly into spend analysis to make a point. Thinking about sourcing without spend analysis is…
The State of Spend Analysis in 2012
We recently discussed the importance of having and maintaining a sourcing pipeline, arguing that "that the development of a sourcing pipeline remains one of the most important activities for any…
Research Survey: ePayables 2012 – State of the AP Market
Today's article from Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners is more of a request to participate in our one large AP-themed market research effort. Please read the whole article,…