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The CPO’s Approach to Supply Risk

By Andrew Bartolini October 8, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

Ardent Partners, the established leader in supply management market research, has identified unprecedented levels of risk across the vastly complex and highly interconnected supply chains that drive and support the…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 514: A Conversation with Catherine Candland, CEO of nextSource

By Christopher Dwyer October 7, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers

Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Catherine Candland, CEO of nextSource. Catherine and I chat about the continued evolution of the Managed Service…

Four Factors Influencing The Adoption of ePayables Technology

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 7, 2020Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory…

The Future of Total Talent Management

By Christopher Dwyer October 6, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General

Back in 2016, I wrote and developed a research study called The Modern Guide to Total Talent Management, which included this passage: The very simple argument for building or developing…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – CPO Playbook: Leveraging Your Network To Ensure Supply Session

By Phil Bartolini October 5, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…

What Can We Do Right Now to Prepare Our Workforce for 2021?

By Christopher Dwyer October 2, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

During breakfast over the weekend, my wife casually mentioned that she wanted the two of us to start our holiday shopping. When she politely informed me that I had rolled…

Advanced Sourcing and Procurement Technologies – A Series Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini October 1, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has been writing about procurement people, processes, technologies, and industry best practices that have helped to propel the profession forward even before the firm’s creation.…

ePayables Usage and Adoption in 2020

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2020Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

According to Ardent’s 2020 State of ePayables market research report, 62% of AP leaders stated that the pandemic did not create a need to invest in automation, as accounts payable processes were…

Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – CPO Strategies: Paving the Road to Recovery Session

By Phil Bartolini September 29, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Sourcing Smarter to Accelerate Procurement’s Impact (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini September 28, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

[Editor's Note: Join Ardent Partners on October 1st at 2 PM ET for the Sourcing Smarter: Accelerating Procurement's Impact webinar, sponsored by Scout RFP.] In the last six months, procurement…