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Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part Three

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars... We have an exclusive event…

Moving the Ball Forward: The Top Three Goals for AP in the Years Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini April 10, 2017Articles, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Understanding the accounts payable (AP) department’s priorities can be an important first step in improving current AP operations and better aligning the function with core enterprise objectives. Figuring out the…

The Evolution of Talent Engagement

By Christopher Dwyer April 7, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process

Sixty-three percent (63%) of businesses today are currently rethinking how enterprise work is addressed. This shift, which is essentially digging into the very core of every corporate project and initiative…

The Cognitive Procurement “Ecosystem”

By Andrew Bartolini March 31, 2017Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor's Note: Today's article is a preview of an Ardent Partners research report, Cognitive Procurement: The Age of Intelligence, sponsored by IBM Watson Commerce. Interested readers can download this exciting…

The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department – Report Preview!

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Zycus, is pleased to present this research report, The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department. Interested readers can access the report with our compliments by…

The Top Three Priorities for AP Departments in the Year Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini March 27, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

The accounts payable (AP) function as a whole is in the midst of an automation transformation. And slowly but surely, the perception of AP is slowly changing as well. It is…

The Ardent Partners ePayables Framework: An Overview

By Andrew Bartolini March 20, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners spends a lot of time discussing what we call the ePayables Framework. We discuss it at length in our market research studies. But maybe…

Procurement Performance: Moving Beyond Savings

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance…

The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…

The Growing Interest in Automating B2B Payments

By Andrew Bartolini February 20, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

While the accounts payable (“AP”) function has long been one of the last bastions of manual processes in an enterprise, we have started to see a small technological evolution that…