Solving AP’s Reliance on Paper – Phase 3 – B2B Payments
[Editor's Note: Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series] In Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2020, our research indicated 55% of B2B payments were made…
Technology Round-Up – May 22, 2020
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates from the past month. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider and…
Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising: The CPO’s Agenda for 2008
In February 2008, I wrote our third annual CPO-themed State of Procurement report and created a subtitle that has since become a Ardent Partners' brand - "CPO Rising" - that…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 439: A Conversation with Tim Pröhm, Vice President of Digital Product Development at KellyOCG
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline. This week’s episode features a discussion with KellyOCG’s VP of Digital Product Development, Tim Pröhm. Tim…
Supply Chain & Supply Risk Management (Track 2)
(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great Supply Chain Management/Supply Risk Management session today.) Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000…
Solving AP’s Reliance on Paper – Phase 2 – Invoice Processing
Today we continue our look at solving AP’s reliance on paper by looking at the second phase of the process: invoice processing (click here to read Part 1 on Invoice…
Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Management: A (Re)Focus on Cost Savings
Back in 2006, when I first started covering the contingent workforce and staffing industries, discussions around contingent workforce management (CWM) programs were dominated by a traditional commodity-led focus. Historically, the…
The CPO Rising 2K20 Summit is in the Books!
The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Summit - The Resiliency Imperative wrapped up yesterday, and while the live-streamed event is finished, the team at Ardent Partners is still going over all…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 438: A Conversation with Jessica Ashcraft (VP of Global Marketing) and Jaina Patel (Senior Product Manager, COVID-19 Task Force Lead) of Beeline
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we chat with Beeline’s Jessica Ashcraft (VP of Global Marketing) and Jaina Patel (Senior Product Manager and…
Ardent Partners FinTech Influencer Series: Jae Jin Kim, Vice President Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF), South Korean
Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas…