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NEW WEBINAR – Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (and Performance)

By Phil Bartolini September 16, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (& Performance) Click Here to Register CPO in 2021 are facing greater pressure to hit or exceed performance targets amidst a…

The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini August 30, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Ardent’s analysis in this report determined Best-in-Class procurement performance by identifying the top 20% of performers in the spend under management metric. As a group, they have placed, on average,…

The Top Challenges Facing Accounts Payable in 2021

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer August 25, 2021Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

As many businesses faced tough times due to supply chain issues, worker and workplace restrictions, broad-based operational disruptions, and major revenue shortfalls, executives had to contend with health and safety…

The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks

By Andrew Bartolini August 23, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General1 Comment

The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks represent the performance and operational results of the average procurement department in the market today. The percentage of spend under management at the average enterprise sits…

Flashback Friday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P

By Andrew Bartolini August 20, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead,…

Procurement Performance in 2021

By Andrew Bartolini August 16, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Peter Drucker said the difference between management and leadership is “doing things right” (i.e., management) and “doing the right things” (i.e., leadership). The procurement profession needs more and stronger leadership.…

ePayables 2021: To Be Strategic, AP Must Act Strategic

By Andrew Bartolini August 11, 2021Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay

Swagger is often an understated element of success. After all, nothing succeeds like success! Those that act like they can win and succeed are often those that perform the strongest…

Procurement 2021: Recommendations for the Year

By Andrew Bartolini August 9, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…

New Webinar: The State of ePayables 2021

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 6, 2021Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay

Join Ardent Partners’ Bob Cohen, Vice President of Research, on Tuesday, August 10th at 1 PM ET for a complimentary webinar presentation based on our flagship market research report “The…

ePayables 2021: Reporting and Analytics are Job One

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2021Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

While AP’s momentum continues to build, there is more work to be done to keep improving perceptions and have AP viewed more favorably within the enterprise. In 2021, AP groups…