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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 Andrew Bartolini 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 Andrew Bartolini 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

BuyerQuest: Going Beyond Punch-Out

By Andrew Bartolini July 9, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

The Ardent Partners’ analyst team recently received a briefing and product demonstration from representatives from BuyerQuest, a Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions provider. Doug Blossey, senior vice president of corporate strategy, and Kyle Muskoff, vice…

The Dawn of a New Age — the Age of Intelligence (New CPO Rising Report is Out!)

By Andrew Bartolini July 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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

The State of ePayables 2018: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Paper Checks

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

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…

Spend Data: The “Black Gold” That Sits Within Every Enterprise

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving business world, information is king. Many corporate strategies, whether created in the executive boardroom or by the professionals running day-to-day operations, are often fueled…

Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini June 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems…

Payables Place First Thing: Exceptions are Meant for Learning, Not Repeating

By Andrew Bartolini June 22, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging…