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Metrics that Matter in 2020 – Top CPO Pressures

By Andrew Bartolini July 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

For the past four years, Ardent Partners’ Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 has compiled the industry’s best and most widely-used procurement industry benchmarks and delivered them in a highly-accessible and…

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Overall Business Operations

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2020Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

[Editor's Note: Ardent released its 15th annual "State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge" market research report. Click to get your copy.] As the COVID-19 pandemic…

User-Friendly, User-Powerful – New Webinar on Procurement Solution Usability

By Andrew Bartolini July 20, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Technology

During my upcoming webinar, “User-Friendly, User-Powerful: The New Consumerization of Procurement", this Thursday at 2 PM, I will moderate a lively discussion on what it takes for CPOs and procurement…

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda

By Andrew Bartolini July 9, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. After several years of focusing on the importance of procurement…

The Key Criteria for Supply Management Solution Selection

By Phil Bartolini July 8, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this year, Ardent conducted its yearly procurement benchmark study, CPO Rising, on the current trends in procurement people, processes, technologies, goals, strategies, and challenges. The recent release of The…

Announcing the Procurement Metrics that Matter eBook Available for a Limited Time Only!

By Andrew Bartolini July 2, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Since 2000, the global economy has been increasingly driven through its supply chain. Now, the global supply chain is under attack. Once again, CPOs have been called to the front…

Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2014: Convergence

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. In March of 2014, we published CPO Rising 2014: Convergence, a…

Now Available – The State of ePayables 2020 Market Research Report

By Andrew Bartolini June 24, 2020Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology4 Comments

The State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge In 2020, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession continues to gain momentum and impact business operations and…

Webinar! The Procurement Metrics That Matter for 2020

By Phil Bartolini June 23, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Join Ardent Partners this Thursday, June 25th at 2 PM ET for our annual Procurement Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by GEP. This webinar, based on its accompanying eBook, is a compilation of the…

How Do You Measure Procurement Performance?

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

As our recently released Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 eBook (click to get your copy) shows, in times of great stress and uncertainty, companies revert to their more basic…