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Technology Round-Up – April 4, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 4, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Tradeshift Adds Artificial Intelligence Capability to Platform On March 24, Tradeshift, the California-based provider of supplier collaboration networks, announced that it has added an artificial intelligence (AI) "layer" onto its business/supplier network to…

The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department – Report Preview!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Zycus, is pleased to present this research report, The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department. Interested readers can access the report with our compliments by…

Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part Two

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology3 Comments

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” And this is no less true today than it…

Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part One

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 14, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that "it is an exciting time to work in procurement." And this is no less true today than it…

Technology Round-Up – March 9, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 9, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Determine Announces Financial Results for Q3 2017 On February 9, Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), the Indiana-based provider of contract management and source-to-settle solutions for the cloud, announced financial results for the third quarter of Fiscal Year…

Instant Analysis: Tradeshift to Acquire IBX Business Network

By Andrew Bartolini March 8, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today, March 8, San Francisco-based Tradeshift, the cloud-based business network, announced that it has entered into an agreement with CapGemini to acquire the latter's IBX Business Network ("IBX"). The deal is expected to close in…

The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…

How Innovative Supply Management Technologies Create Opportunity for CIOs

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 13, 2017Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: This article is the final installment in this series based upon Ardent Partners’ recent report, The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology (sponsored by Coupa). Click to…

Technology Round-Up – February 9, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 9, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

GEP Publishes Procurement Outlook for 2017 On February 8, GEP, a New Jersey-based provider of procurement software and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, published its annual business and economic outlook and analysis of implications…

Procurement 2017: When Trends Accelerate

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2017Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Each January, the research team at Ardent Partners gathers and performs a comprehensive review of the primary research that we have conducted over the past 24 months. We then gaze into…