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Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2011Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…

Collaborative Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2011Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…

1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This…

P2P Excellence – Design for Success (2)

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, TechnologyNo Comments

This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners In our last article, (found here), we talked about Ardent’s P2P research series that is aimed at helping…

P2P Excellence – Design for Success (1)

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, TechnologyNo Comments

This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners Ardent Partners is in the process of publishing a series of reports that are designed to help organizations…

Webinar – Collaborative Sourcing: Achieving the Next Wave of Sourcing Savings

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology4 Comments

Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) Next Wednesday,…

Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…

A “Must-Have” AP Metric

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2011Articles, General, Procure-to-PayNo Comments

Following up on Wednesday’s Monday Morning Query (Offering a "Monday" series on a Wednesday is what happens when you spend two full weeks at conferences in Orlando; it’s gonna leave…

MMQ – What is the “Must-Have” AP Performance Metric?

By Andrew Bartolini May 18, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-PayNo Comments

So, it is not Monday (where we occasionally publish our Monday Morning Query series) and this is the third AP/ePayables focused article in a row. Guilty as charged! This article…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers2 Comments

Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…