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Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments

By Andrew Bartolini March 14, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

For any AP/Finance/Procurement/Shared Service professionals that enjoy our articles, please take a few minutes to share your insights by participating in our 2014 AP survey. Participants will receive the full…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part V: Best-in-Class Programs

By Christopher Dwyer March 11, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part IV: Big Data

By Christopher Dwyer February 28, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent…

Instant Analysis: ACTIVE Network and Lanyon Merge to Deliver New Offering

By Christopher Dwyer February 26, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

ACTIVE Network Business Solutions, a solution provider in the events management industry and a subsidiary of recently privatized, ACTIVE Network, and Lanyon, a leading provider of transient hotel program technology…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Identity Management

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process

[Publisher's note: Our upcoming CPO Rising 2014: Convergence report will be released early next month and it has many interesting findings, trends, revelations including the typical Chief Procurement Officer's newest…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part II: The Framework

By Christopher Dwyer February 14, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process

[Publisher's note: Welcome to the second part of our multi-article series on the State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part I: Quality!

By Andrew Bartolini February 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's note: Welcome to the first part of a multi-article series on the State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and…

Profile of a Best-in-Class AP Operation: Disney

By Andrew Bartolini February 5, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Last fall, I attended and presented at the IOFM AP Expo in Las Vegas. The event has grown to become one of the main attractions in the AP space. The…

Announcing the “CPO Rising 2014” Survey

By Andrew Bartolini January 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one procurement-themed market research study each year and I'd like to invite you to participate in it - our annual CPO Rising research effort - by clicking…

Are You Ready for 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini January 17, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For procurement leaders, 2013 was a remarkably stable year. For investors, it was a great one. Ardent Partners does NOT expect more of the same in 2014. Are you ready…