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March 20, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
March 19, 2019
For much of its history, the Accounts Payable (AP) function has processed invoices through a high-touch, mostly manual workflow. This has shifted in recent years with the rise of electronic…
March 19, 2019
The very idea of “digital transformation” is an intricate one. While many organizations may desire to be the next great digital enterprise, the truth is that there is so much…
March 18, 2019
Editor’s Note: Andrew Bartolini’s Monday First Thing article will return next week at its usual day and time. In the meantime, we invite you to consider the specific ways that Industry 4.0…
March 15, 2019
My wife and I recently met with a real estate agent who, years ago, helped us buy our first home. He’s been representing home buyers and sellers for more than…
March 14, 2019
The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…
March 14, 2019
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
March 13, 2019
Another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr, answers the question, “What does the Future of Work reveal about today’s talent market?” From the link between…
March 13, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
March 12, 2019
[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, Ardent Partners will be discussing its latest eBook, The Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019, co-authored by Ardent’s Founder and Chief Research…
