Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…
A Briefing with Scopeworker: Three Takeaways
Although the world of work is changing at a rapid clip, with the Future of Work and agile workforce both revolutionizing how businesses manage their talent and projects, there is…
Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 330: A Conversation with Sapience Analytics
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week’s episode features a fantastic discussion with two members of the Sapience Analytics team: Brad…
CPO News — March 6, 2019
Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…
Ardent Partners Launches Technology Evaluation Series
Ardent Partners Launches Technology Evaluation Series New Report Addresses the Accounts Payable Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, March 5, 2019 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that…
Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire
Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…
Three Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Conducting E-Auctions
Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…
Basware Terminates Discussions with Tradeshift
Basware today announced that it had terminated discussions with Tradeshift in relation to a possible offer to acquire all shares in Basware. These two leaders in the procure-to-pay space had…
Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…