Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – Part 2
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions
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…
Workday to Acquire Scout RFP for $540 Million
The News On Monday, news broke that Workday, which provides cloud-based ERP tools for finance, HR, and enterprise planning, reached a definitive agreement to acquire Scout RFP, a cloud-based procurement and strategic…
Technology Round-Up — November 7, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Throwback Thursday: Payables Place Math: AP + Treasury = Working Capital Optimization
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…
Technology Round-Up — November 6, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Throwback Thursday: BuyerQuest: Going Beyond Punch-Out
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…
Five Must-Have Features in an e-Procurement System (Guest Post)
Editor's Note: Today's article is a guest post from Finly, an expense management and e-Procurement solutions provider. Its solution suite, FinlyFinance suite, automates business processes, such as order processing, vendor payments, invoicing,…
P2P Technology Round-Up — October 18, 2019
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments,…
For CFOs, Optimizing Enterprise Spend is a Business Imperative
In the aftermath of the Global Recession, many Chief Financial Officers (“CFOs”) have made the realization that a business environment that values cash, profit margins, and risk mitigation is one…