Happy Fourth of July!
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…
The Dawn of a New Age — the Age of Intelligence (New CPO Rising Report is Out!)
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: AP’s Transformational Journey
Editor's Note: Today’s article is a preview of Ardent Partners’ latest accounts payable (AP) research report, “The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now”, which is available for download here.…
The State of ePayables 2018: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Paper Checks
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…
Technology Round-Up – June 28, 2018
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,…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 303: Listener Mailbag (June Edition)
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s podcast is another “listener mailbag” edition, in which we discuss: The “digital transformation” journey and the role…
Spend Data: The “Black Gold” That Sits Within Every Enterprise
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
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…
A New Era of Work Optimization: A Foundation for the Future of Work
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a small slice of the new Future of Work Compendium research study. The new report was developed to serve as a “guidebook” for those organizations…
Payables Place First Thing: Exceptions are Meant for Learning, Not Repeating
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…