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The Business Network Landscape: Europe (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Vishal Patel is co-author of today’s article Ardent Partners defines a B2B or Business network as a web-based platform that enables interconnected buyers and sellers to trade, communicate, and/or collaborate…

Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a…

Staples: Cloud-Based Business Apps For Small Biz… That Was Easy

By Vishal Patel March 4, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Yes, I’m talking about the same Staples where you buy your pens and copy paper. About a month ago, Staples announced the launch of the Staples App Center, an innovative…

Five Considerations When Selecting a Business Network

By Vishal Patel February 25, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective…

Concentra: An ePayables Case Study

By Vishal Patel February 15, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Concentra is a health care company that provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services to workers and the general public from 308 medical centers in 40 states.…

Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Solutions)

By Andrew Bartolini January 11, 2013Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 with a look at supply management solutions. Click here to read Part One of this…

Category Sourcing Scorecard – User Instructions

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2012Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

As I mentioned last time, Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available by clicking here (reg. required) and brought to you by BravoSolution. For those of you who have…

The Category Sourcing Scorecard is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2012Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts discussing the creation of a Category Sourcing Scorecard. Today, I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is…

Provider Profile: Hubwoo Q4, 2012 (Part 3)

By Andrew Bartolini December 10, 2012Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Today, we continue with Part Three of our focus on Hubwoo, the supply management solution provider and operator of one of the world’s largest business (or B2B or supplier) networks…

Provider Profile: Hubwoo Q4, 2012 (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini December 7, 2012Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Today, we continue with Part Two of our focus on Hubwoo, the supply management solution provider and operator of one of the world's largest business (or B2B or supplier) networks…