CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 1) – It Begins
Many years ago, one very large full-service BPO firm stopped working with me because I told them that procurement outsourcing was not on the radar screen of the average Chief…
Sourcing: The Second Strategic Sourcing Pillar
In case you missed our earlier announcement, Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots has been published and interested readers can find the report here and here. In…
Zycus Horizon 2014: A Pot Of Gold
Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this month at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida and it was another very successful event for the supply management…
Technology Round-Up, November 13, 2014
Horizon 2014: Zycus Delivers Zycus’ 3rd annual user conference, Horizon, was held this week at the Ritz-Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida, starting this past Sunday and continuing through Tuesday…
Tom Linton: Leading the Way towards Superior Performance at Flextronics
This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…
Business Networks – Past, Present, and Future
Today’s article is the second in a series of articles centered on our new Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks, sponsored by Hubwoo, and available for download here. While analyzing the technology markets…
Introducing Ardent Partners’ Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks
Today’s article is the first in a series of articles centered on our new Technology Adoption Report on Business Networks, sponsored by Hubwoo, and available for download here. While analyzing…
How Does the Finance Team Benefit from ePayments?
Welcome to the third entry in a four-part series that previews Ardent Partners’ upcoming ePayments Rising research study. The pending research report, which is due to publish soon, highlights the…
Why You Should Switch to ePayments Right Now
Welcome to the second entry in a four-part series that previews Ardent Partners’ upcoming ePayments Rising research study. The pending research report, which is due to publish this fall, highlights…
Zycus: A Briefing in Several Parts
Ardent Partners receives regular briefings from most of the solution providers in the broader supply management market. As a firm, we've covered the distinct application markets for years and have…