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Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2014Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Spheres of Influence

By Andrew Bartolini June 6, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Cash Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 22, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (Hubwoo – April 9)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we'll share (and invite you to) our…

The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer March 20, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

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…

“We have no specific procurement goals.”

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2014Articles, General, People, Strategy

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.…

Driving Value Through a Connected P2P Process – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology2 Comments

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…

2014: The Rise of The Business Network and B2B Payments

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2013Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

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…

The Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part IV: The Wild Cards

By Andrew Bartolini October 28, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

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…

eInvoicing Costs Less

By Andrew Bartolini October 9, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

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…