Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence
Businesses and consumers today are fully engulfed by technology and the data it creates and captures. The same holds true for AP departments across the globe. Accounts payable’s “Big Data”…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Workday Strategic Sourcing (fka Scout RFP)
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
Throwback Thursday: Artificial Intelligence: Making the Procurement World Smarter
[Editor's Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on artificial intelligence in the world of procurement.] If procurement 4.0 technologies are making the world…
Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions
[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on our upcoming webinar, Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions (click to register), next Wednesday, December 9th at 2 PM ET.] As 2020 draws to a…
Black Friday Deals (not really!)… Upcoming Webinars (yes, really!)
Webinar Descriptions To celebrate “Black Friday” Ardent Partners has put two “door-busting” webinars on the agenda. These dynamic presentations are designed for CPOs, procurement, P2P and AP leaders and will…
Best-in-Class AP Performance Requires Electronic Invoicing
There is no denying the many benefits that straight through processing of invoices brings to Accounts Payable. However, an organizations ability to achieve straight-through processing is contingent first and foremost…
Ardent Analysis: Coupa Buys LLamasoft, Expands Supply Chain Capabilities, and Launches Itself Further into the Age of Intelligence
Earlier this month, Coupa Software, one of the largest players in the procurement and supply management space announced that it has acquired LLamasoft, a leader in AI-powered supply chain design…
The CPO Honors 2020 Ceremony (Nov 17th @ 11 am ET)
Readers and friends alike, you are cordially invited to attend the Fifth Annual CPO Honors Ceremony which will be held next Tuesday November 17th at 11:00 am ET. The CPO Honors Ceremony is an…
Ardent Partners Launches Definitive VMS Market Report
Ardent Partners Launches Definitive VMS Market Report New Study Addresses Vendor Management System (VMS) Technology Market BOSTON, MA, November 12, 2020 Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced…