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The Metrics that Matter: Strategies to Empower a More Intelligent Procurement Department

By Phil Bartolini November 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists

[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click here to download your copy), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 311: A Conversation with Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer October 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Technology

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we (finally) sit down for a discussion with Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, to chat about the procurement…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 311: A Conversation with Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer September 5, 2018Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Technology

Payables Place First Thing: The Expected Trajectory of AP – Part I

By Phil Bartolini August 24, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology1 Comment

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

Announcing the Second Annual “CPO Honors Gala” at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Phil Bartolini August 15, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that The CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders, will be held once again at…

The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini June 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems…

The Consumerization of Procurement Technologies: A Hot Take on Some Hot Tech

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2018Articles, Process, Technology

In 2018, knowledge workers have arrived at an exciting juncture: a place where business and consumer technologies intersect with current procurement business technologies and emerging innovations. And it's creating a…

Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Seven: Proactive and Ongoing Supplier Outreach

By Andrew Bartolini June 4, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what you communicate during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never…

Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Three: Tighter Specifications

By Andrew Bartolini May 2, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology