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Turn the Big Data “Crisis” into Big Data Opportunities — Join us at CPO Rising 2018!
Big Data for Procurement — Crisis, or Opportunity? With the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, connected devices (i.e., the “Internet of Things”), and Big Data... Read more
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Free Research and a Chance to Register to Ardent’s Newest Webinar
In just over 24 hours, Ardent will begin a live, online discussion around its annual State of P2P market research study. This P2P-themed report is part of an ongoing dialogue... Read more
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Ardent Partners’ Autumn Events Round-Up
As summer turns to fall, like so many leaves will do here in New England, we at Ardent Partners wanted to take a moment to round up and highlight some of... Read more
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NEW RESEARCH SURVEY: The State of Contingent Workforce Management
From the procurement perspective, there is no more complex category of corporate spend than contingent labor. Once a simple indirect spend category that merely required some supplier optimization and eProcurement... Read more
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It’s Money That Matters – A New Webinar from Ardent Partners
For P2P stakeholders and participants, it is possible to have a major impact helping to improve the financial performance of the enterprise. But there is work to be done. Leaders... Read more
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Six CPO Strategies for Navigating Through and Managing Change
The interesting angle to navigating change is how exactly Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams react to it; in an age when “agility” has become a desired status for... Read more
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Defining Procurement Intelligence and Putting it to Work
Friends, procurement intelligence isn’t just about IQ (the intelligence quotient), but EQ (the effectiveness quotient). While intelligence is critical, a precise measure of procurement intelligence is less important than the performance... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Proof that AP is Broadening its Value To Organizations
There has long been a common misconception that all Accounts Payable does is pay bills. Anyone who works in AP or with knowledge of today’s AP function knows, nothing could... Read more
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Announcing the Second Annual “CPO Honors Gala” at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that The CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders, will be held once again at... Read more
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CPO Rising 2018: Created or Evolved? Defining the Intelligent Procurement Department
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sample from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (click to register and download). Readers can access all of... Read more