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Future of Work Exchange Key Providers For 2021: RightSourcing

By Christopher Dwyer October 5, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Over the next several weeks, the Future of Work Exchange will unveil its “21 for 2021” list of key solution providers that are shaping the Future of Work through innovative…

Throwback Thursday: The Visibility Factor – Another Best-in-Class Advantage (for Sourcing)

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Today, we’ll deep-dive into the notion of visibility, and the multiple angles of visibility in which Best-in-Class organizations (those top-performing organizations from Ardent’s upcoming “State of Strategic Sourcing” research report)…

Future of Work Exchange Key Providers For 2021: Bluecrew

By Christopher Dwyer September 28, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Over the next several weeks, the Future of Work Exchange will unveil its “21 for 2021” list of key solution providers that are shaping the Future of Work through innovative…

Two Exciting Webinars this Week from Ardent Partners!

By Phil Bartolini September 27, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay

Now in its 8th year, Ardent Partners’ monthly webinar series is designed to engage procurement executives with a steady stream of high-quality, progressive, educational, and actionable content. Ardent Partners is…

The Path to Spend Enlightenment

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

The path to true “spend enlightenment” is not merely paved with standard spend analysis. In fact, those organizations seeking to adopt next-generation spend analysis strategies must adapt to a changing…

NEW WEBINAR – Defining the Characteristics of Best-in-Class P2P

By Phil Bartolini September 23, 2021Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay

Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Defining the Characteristics of Best-in-Class P2P Best-in-Class AP and P2P organizations enjoy a compelling advantage over their peers across all major performance benchmarks. They also achieve…

When Does “The Great Staff Shortage” End?

By Christopher Dwyer September 22, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, General, People

This past weekend, my wife and I traveled over two hours north to meet family for an apple-picking trip (perhaps the best of the fall activities? A debate for another…

Best-in-Class Accounts Payable Performance

By Andrew Bartolini September 10, 2021Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

For the last twelve years, Ardent Partners has leveraged a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier or Best-in- Class organizations (versus all others) by analyzing a specific set…

The Accounts Payable Benchmarks in 2021

By Andrew Bartolini September 1, 2021Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

The performance of the typical AP function is rooted in its ability to effectively manage the many facets of the invoice and payment processes. To effectively drive AP forward into…

Once More, With Feeling: Empathy Is the Only Way Forward

By Christopher Dwyer August 27, 2021Articles, Complex Categories, General, People

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.” – Meryl Streep Over the past…