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November 27, 2018
[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click here to download your copy), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that…
November 26, 2018
Last week, I effectively made a business case for adopting digital, automated supply risk management (SRM) tools, along with supplier information management (SIM) and supplier performance management (SPM) tools in…
November 23, 2018
Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…
November 22, 2018
Whether you’re watching parades, football, and the dog show or you’ve invited your family over to discuss/argue about politics, everyone at Ardent Partners wishes you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! If you…
November 21, 2018
Now back to our regular scheduled programming…Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If…
November 20, 2018
Two weeks ago, 120 global procurement executives descended on Boston for our Annual CPO Rising Summit. I’ve been organizing Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)-focused events since 2006 and I still find the…
November 19, 2018
There’s a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…
November 16, 2018
Executives from Rio Tinto, Harvard University, Brighthouse Financial, BCNET, and Watermark Retirement Communities take home awards during Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising Summit BOSTON, November 16 — Ardent Partners, a…
November 15, 2018
Today’s contingent workforce management (CWM) programs run on two key elements: talent and technology. As CWM initiatives continue to progress to keep up with the demand of the agile enterprise,…
November 14, 2018
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. On tap this week: a quick recap of last week’s annual CPO Rising Summit (held in Boston at the…
