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BREAKING: New Mountain Capital Acquires Global VMS Solution Beeline

By Christopher Dwyer July 26, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today, global Vendor Management System (VMS) Beeline announced that is has partnered with New York-based investment firm New Mountain Capital. Beeline now follows up a major merger with another significant…

Announcing THE Procurement Event of the Year! CPO Rising 2018

By Phil Bartolini July 24, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is thrilled to announce that the CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders, will once again be…

What Can Next-Gen Spend Analytics Do for You? Lots

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

There may be no greater advantage for the modern enterprise than visibility. Today’s procurement organizations are often under pressure to not only drive down costs while improving category management, but…

CPO Rising 2018: The Strategic, Tech-Centric CPO

By Andrew Bartolini July 17, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present the thirteenth installment of our annual benchmark procurement research study, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, and make it available for download (click the…

“Punching In” to Real-Time Procure-to-Pay with Aquiire

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 16, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The Ardent Partners team recently participated in a briefing with the executive team at Aquiire to get a general update on the company, its recent successes from the first quarter of 2018,…

Technology Round-Up – July 12, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 12, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…

CPO Rising 2018: The Intelligent CPO

By Andrew Bartolini July 10, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy3 Comments

The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 6, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

The Significance of Contract Management in Plugging Procurement’s Savings Leakage

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 5, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research consistently illustrates the value and necessity of leveraging effective people, processes, and technologies to drive the modern procurement organization. One such process, Contract Management, resides at the…

Happy Fourth of July!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 4, 2018Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

From all of us at Ardent Partners to our community, we wish you and yours a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We’ll pick it back up tomorrow but in…