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Intelligence-Driven CSR: Putting Big Data to Good Use

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Business intelligence, namely procurement intelligence, can be a force for good in the world. Armed with good intelligence, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams have the power to not only…

Payables Place First Thing: Thoughts from SAP Concur Fusion: Delivering Value to Customers, Growth though the Partner Ecosystem, and Analytics Front and Center

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 23, 2018Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

After spending the better part of last week in Las Vegas at SAP Ariba Live, this week I headed to the beautiful Pacific Northwest to attend the SAP Concur Fusion in Seattle…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Top Strategies for P2P Success in the Mid-Market

By Phil Bartolini March 22, 2018Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

The development of a Best-in-Class P2P program takes, among other things, sponsorship, effort, collaboration, vision, expertise, and a supporting technology infrastructure. Superior program design also remains a critical element in…

Technology Round-Up – March 22, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 22, 2018Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

Procurement with Purpose: Dreaming Big at Ariba Live and Beyond

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 21, 2018Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Two weeks ago, I attended SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, Ariba Live, held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas with my colleagues, Andrew Bartolini and Bob Cohen. As in years past, corporate social…

CWM Technology Round-Up – March 20, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 20, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of contingent workforce management (CWM) solution-provider news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Payables Place First Thing:Thoughts from SAP Ariba Live: The Network is Back and Corporate Social Responsibility Stands Tall

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2018Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

I spent the better part of last week at SAP Ariba Live in Las Vegas with fellow Ardent Partners’ analysts Andrew Bartolini and Matthew York and wanted to share my thoughts and impressions of the event.…