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Procurement’s Evolution, Part III: Convergence With Marketing

By Christopher Dwyer March 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise…

Cross Pollination

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…

What Will Take You “Swifter, Higher, Faster” in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The XXII Winter Games are still going strong in Sochi, Russia and will continue through this Sunday. I must admit that I have not watched as much as I would…

Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer February 12, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations…

Fail-safe

By Andrew Bartolini February 10, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part I: Quality!

By Andrew Bartolini February 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's note: Welcome to the first part of a multi-article series on the State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and…

Profile of a Best-in-Class AP Operation: Disney

By Andrew Bartolini February 5, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Last fall, I attended and presented at the IOFM AP Expo in Las Vegas. The event has grown to become one of the main attractions in the AP space. The…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part II: Convergence with Travel

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy

Hot Button Issues for AP Leaders in 2014

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2014Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Today's article continues and builds upon of our recent article which focused on predictions for the ePayables pace (2014: The Year Ahead in ePayables (AP Automation)). Today, I wanted to…

Announcing the “CPO Rising 2014” Survey

By Andrew Bartolini January 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one procurement-themed market research study each year and I'd like to invite you to participate in it - our annual CPO Rising research effort - by clicking…