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In one of my articles about suites vs. specialists, I briefly mentioned dedicating a future piece to direct materials. Today’s article will do just that. I’ll look at direct materials…
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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…
March 12, 2019
Ardent Partners research has long tracked the critical role contingent workforce management (CWM) technology plays in the Future of Work. Today’s article highlights some “quick hits” from around the CWM…
March 11, 2019
Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey – we’ve decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…
March 8, 2019
Although the world of work is changing at a rapid clip, with the Future of Work and agile workforce both revolutionizing how businesses manage their talent and projects, there is…
March 7, 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 6, 2019
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week’s episode features a fantastic discussion with two members of the Sapience Analytics team: Brad…
March 6, 2019
Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…
March 5, 2019
Ardent Partners Launches Technology Evaluation Series New Report Addresses the Accounts Payable Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, March 5, 2019 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that…
March 4, 2019
Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…
March 1, 2019
Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…
