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Procurement’s Love Affair with Blockchain: Built to Last, or Destined to Fail?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 19, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

In mid-2019, it should be no secret that Blockchain distributed ledger technology is disrupting the business world across the board (if you've been asleep since 2016 and are just waking…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — July 17, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 17, 2019Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…

Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality

By Andrew Bartolini July 15, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Here's a great interview staring Ardent Partners' Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ's Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence…

Six Strategies to Manage Supplier and Third-Party Risk

By Andrew Bartolini July 10, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than…

Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus's Analyst…

Technology Round-Up — July 3, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 3, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners' analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…

The Rise of Analytics for Procurement: Strategies for Success

By Andrew Bartolini June 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article picks up where a previous article, Beyond Savings and Risk: Next-Gen Procurement Analytics are Coming into their Own, left off. There is an enormous amount of value…

Technology Round-Up — June 19, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 19, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Procurement Teams in 2019: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes an excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs…

Driving Sustainability Intelligence with EcoVadis 10 and Beyond

By Andrew Bartolini June 7, 2019Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Members of Ardent Partners' analyst team recently took a briefing from the product marketing team at EcoVadis, a Paris- and New York-based provider of corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating services for procurement and…