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Payables Place Math: AP + Treasury = Working Capital Optimization
For those of you straddling the P2P line or just interested in the “second P,” I’d like to call your attention to Ardent Partners’ research director, Vishal Patel’s site, Payables... Read more
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Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (II)
Yesterday, in Part One of this story, we provided some background and then outlined the news from SciQuest (Ticker: SQI) that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Contract... Read more
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Payables Place Asks “Would You Bet On Paper or Against It?”
Earlier today, Vishal Patel, Director of ePayables Research at Ardent Partners posed an interesting question on Ardent’s new site, Payables Place, regarding the amount of paper invoices in the marketplace... Read more
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Category Sourcing Scorecard – Internal Factors
While working on the recent articles that have focused on the importance of developing and maintaining an active Sourcing Pipeline and how to identify the best sourcing opportunities, I started... Read more
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CPO Rising Tournament 2012
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different... Read more
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Sourcing & Supplier Selection – Non-Price Attributes (Market Share)
Beyond price, what criteria do you typically use to award your supplier contracts? That’s the question we’ll try to answer today (and in this new series) as we share our... Read more
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Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (1)
As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of... Read more
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Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report
In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners’ recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process “which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,... Read more
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1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners
Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 1)
After a slightly longer than expected break, our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series ramps back up this month and will go “full throttle” over the summer. We have... Read more