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How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – eSourcing

By Andrew Bartolini June 22, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

The Role of Technology in Today’s Contingent Workforce Programs

By Christopher Dwyer June 21, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is another peek at the new Contingent Workforce Management: The 2016 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, written by Ardent’s resident non-employee workforce expert, Christopher J. Dwyer.…

The Accounts Payable Team Needs to Keep Its “Eyes on the Prize” (New Report)

By Andrew Bartolini June 20, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sneak peek into the findings from Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “ePayables 2016: Eyes on Prize,” available for download here. Over the next…

Technology Round-Up – June 17, 2016

By Andrew Bartolini June 17, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

ESM Solutions Announces New Sourcing Tool On May 18, ESM Solutions, the Pennsylvania-based company that provides SaaS-based sourcing and P2P solutions, announced the release of a new suite of sourcing solutions aptly called "ESM…

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Unlocking Cash with Supply Chain Finance

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

As businesses continue to eliminate manual- and paper-based processes from the front-end of the accounts payable (“AP”) function, attention has turned to streamlining and driving more value from the payment…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 104: The Best-in-Class CWM Program

By Christopher Dwyer June 15, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

This week’s edition of Contingent Workforce Weekly deep-dives into the “strategy” aspects of contingent workforce management (CWM) and discusses how Best-in-Class businesses approach non-employee workforce management from a programmatic perspective.…

ISM 2016: Behind the ISM Manufacturing Index

By Andrew Bartolini June 15, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year in a row,…

Webinar! The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get BIG Value from BIG Data

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For those working in procurement and supply management, BIG Data is a BIG opportunity...don't let it become a BIG Problem! Join Ardent Partners and Tamr on a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 PM. Learn More and Register Now!…

Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 103: The Technology Ecosystem

By Christopher Dwyer June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Episode 102 of Contingent Workforce Weekly featured a discussion of the lessons we can learn from the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team that is only two games…