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Ardent Analysis: Perfect Fit? Perfect Commerce Makes Bold Offer to Acquire Hubwoo

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Some exciting news in the supply management world from earlier this month - Virginia-based spend management solution provider, Perfect Commerce, announced that it would tender a bid on Paris-based (but…

Procurement’s Function at NASA

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 29, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM-Emptoris have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

From Airman to Spaceman: Bill McNally’s Ascent into NASA Procurement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 25, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Strategy

Where Do Freelancer Management Systems (FMS) Fit into Today’s CWM Industry?

By Christopher Dwyer June 23, 2015Articles, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

To say that the contingent workforce industry has evolved considerably over the last decade is underselling the strategic importance of its progression. This isn’t a matter of simple advancements in…

Research Preview: Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 22, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today's article is a preview of a report that Ardent Partners recently published entitled, Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies. The report is sponsored by GEP and interested readers…

AP Predictions for 2015: B2B Payments Become a Strategic Business Process

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2015Articles, Strategy, Technology

Following our series on trends in accounts payable, Payables Place is going to take a look at predictions for the future of the AP function. Today’s installment, the last of four, will…

AribaLIVE 2015: Looking to the Future of Business Commerce

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2015Articles, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's Note: Today’s article is an analysis of two similar but separate presentations delivered by Ariba executives at their user conferences this spring. The first was at AribaLIVE in Las…

Two Days With Beeline and the Future of the Extended Workforce

By Christopher Dwyer June 17, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s note: Last week, resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, joined Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Beeline for their annual user conference…

Three Prerequisites for Collaborative Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The speed and complexity of business has been increasing in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Globalization means that new geographies and supply markets keep opening up;…

BravoAdvantage: Taking Sourcing and Supplier Management to the “Next Level”

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2015Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ahead of BravoSolution's user group in London this week, we caught up with Jim Wetekamp, BravoSolution's CEO and Andrea Brody, Bravo's new SVP of Marketing, to get a general update and discuss…