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October 6, 2011

Introducing The ePayables SMARTSet

We often highlight the thought-leadership reports and presentations that Ardent Partners publishes/presents on the pages of CPO Rising as a way to share some of our key research findings and... Read more
September 19, 2011

State of the Procurement Market Webinar

Editor’s Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each). Readers have... Read more
September 8, 2011

Webinar: Strategies to Manage and Improve Procurement Performance

Editor’s Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) A brief... Read more
August 29, 2011

Failing to Leverage Business Value from Technology

Today, we continue our Technology Adoption Series – Ardent Partners’ latest research report[i] introduced the concept of a “Procurement Competency Matrix” which looks at a list of many of the... Read more
August 26, 2011

SM Technology Adoption 2011 – Other Solutions

Our ongoing Adoption series continues – but, before drilling down into why the different supply management technology adoption rates are what they are, we wanted to present the market adoption... Read more
August 24, 2011

Supply Management Technology Adoption 2011

As part of our ongoing Adoption series, today we present the market adoption rates by enterprises of the primary supply management applications used to support the Source-to-Settle process. I make... Read more
August 22, 2011

User Adoption Webinar

Editor’s Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here (registration required) Our recent Adoption Series, seen by clicking here, will continue this week with a look at... Read more
August 18, 2011

Savings and Everything After

Dateline Boston 2011: Analyst firm, Ardent Partners’ recent research shows that savings is the top business pressure driving Chief Procurement Officers to perform… Stop the Presses![i] Yes, it is true.... Read more
August 11, 2011

State of the CPO – Reporting Structure

Our “State of the Chief Procurement Officer” discussion, focusing on Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, continues today. It is no accident... Read more
August 9, 2011

The State of the CPO – 2011

Amidst two other series – CPOs on the Rise and Adoption – we will also dedicate several articles to discussing Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas... Read more