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The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management
From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In... Read more
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“We have no specific procurement goals.”
In the early days of the firm, I did a regional tour to visit different procurement organizations to get their feedback on my plans for CPO Rising and Ardent Partners.... Read more
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Driving Value Through a Connected P2P Process – Part 1
We discuss the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process frequently on CPO Rising because of its central importance to Chief Procurement Officers and procurement operations. We also see it is as a “Hot... Read more
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2014: The Rise of The Business Network and B2B Payments
In 2014, we expect to see a big rise in business networks and B2B payments and we’re more than ready. The Ardent Partners analyst team has been very involved with... Read more
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The Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part IV: The Wild Cards
Welcome to the fourth article in a four-part series on the technology landscape within the Contingent Workforce Management industry, which looks at how the “next generation” of these solutions may... Read more
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eInvoicing Costs Less
Who said eInvoicing costs less? Actually, the market did. As you have already seen in other articles (such as this one or this one), Ardent Partners recently completed a fairly... Read more
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ePayables Solutions (Part 3): Payments
Based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn, Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of accounts payable. The report is available... Read more
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Doing Business with Brazilian Suppliers
While preparations here in the US continue in earnest for tomorrow’s big birthday celebration, we decided nonetheless to look beyond the US borders as we continue our series that highlights... Read more
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Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?
Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with... Read more
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Concur Fusion 2013 – The Next 20 Years of Business Travel
Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur’s annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a... Read more