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The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Contingent Workforce Industry (Part One)

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. Around these parts, the phrase “the world of…

A Special Sneak-Peek of Ardent’s New Contingent Workforce Research

By Christopher Dwyer March 17, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the…

Ardent Partners Launches MSP Advisor Report

By Christopher Dwyer March 12, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

New Study Addresses Managed Service Provider (MSP) Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, March 12, 2020 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new Managed Service Provider…

NEW Survey: The State of Procurement 2020 – Strategic Vision for the New Decade

By Andrew Bartolini March 12, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I am pleased to announce that the survey for our annual “State of Procurement and the CPO” report is now open. If you have 15 minutes to spare today or later this…

Announcing the AP Metrics that Matter in 2020 eBook!

By Phil Bartolini March 4, 2020Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2020”, which is available for download here. Over the next few weeks,…

Why Do Businesses Continue to Fear the AI Revolution?

By Christopher Dwyer March 3, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, Strategy, Technology

There’s a moment in the latest trailer for season three of HBO’s sci-fi/drama series Westworld in which two seemingly-villainous omni-intelligent humanoid robots set stage to duel, the backdrop of a…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#14 – Digitization)

By Andrew Bartolini March 2, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Strategy, Technology

In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders…

RESEARCH ALERT – Bad Moon Rising: Global Supply Chain Risk Reaches 20-Year High

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process

Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to make available its new Research Alert "Bad Moon Rising: Global Supply Chain Risk Reaches 20-Year High; Global Supply Chains Largely Untested" at no…

NEW WEBINAR: How Will Data Impact Procurement in the Next Decade?

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Please join Ardent's Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this Thursday, February 27th at 1 PM ET on a webinar, The Decade of Data (2020s) and How it…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#10 – P2P)

By Andrew Bartolini February 14, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology