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Exostar: Enhancing Security for Source-to-Settle Solutions

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The Ardent Partners analyst team recently sat down with Tim Zullo, Senior Director, Sales & Marketing, and Mark Hogan, Product Manager, of Exostar, a provider of secure, cloud-based solutions for heavily-regulated industries. The two executives…

Are Your Supply Management Processes “Fail-safe?”

By Andrew Bartolini August 19, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to act as mere spectators left to "grin and bear it," while hoping that either no one notices or that…

Going Swifter, Higher, Stronger in 2016

By Andrew Bartolini August 17, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Rio 2016 Olympics are still going full throttle through this Sunday and I've been doing my best to watch as much as I can (how about those American swimmers from…

CPO Rising 2016: How the Best-in-Class Manage Supplier Performance for Superior Gains

By Andrew Bartolini August 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: For the past few weeks, we have been featuring a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art and…

Webinar! Procurement 2020: A Strategy Checklist for the Decade Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini August 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Are you free next Thursday, August 18 at 2 PM EST? Join Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer, and Matthew York, Research Analyst, of Ardent Partners for a free webinar on…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supplier Performance Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

CPO Rising 2016: How the Best-in-Class Leverage eSourcing for Superior Performance

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today and for the next few weeks, we will feature a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supplier Information Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

CPO Rising 2016: How the Best-in-Class Leverage Spend Analysis for Superior Performance

By Andrew Bartolini July 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Editor’s Note: Today and for the next few weeks, we will feature a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art…

CPO Rising 2016: Better Communicating Procurement Value and Performance

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Today and for the next few weeks, we will feature a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art…