Procurement Should Become a Hub for Supplier Innovation
Join us on March 29 & 30, 2016 at the Harvard Club of Boston for CPO Rising 2016: The Agility Agenda. This executive summit will bring together business executives and supply…
Easing the Procurement Transformation with Company-wide Buy-In
[Editor's Note: Today's article is a guest publication from Jennifer Kaelin, CFO of SciQuest. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and…
Six Strategies CPOs Can Use to Engage the CFO
Forces are combining to align procurement and finance. For example, the evolution and expansion of the Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") and Chief Procurement Officer ("CPO") roles have served to bring these…
Technology Round-Up – November 12, 2015
Capita Outsourcing Seeks to Acquire Rival Xchanging It has been widely reported that Capita, a London-based business process management and outsourcing services provider, recently launched a bid to acquire Chicago-based…
Upcoming Webinar: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for Better Contract Management
Join Ardent Partners and DocuSign on Wednesday, November 18 at 1:00 PM EST for this free webinar that explores findings from our recent research report, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Innovative Solutions and Strategies for…
Ardent Partners Announces CPO Rising 2016 Event – March 29 & 30 (Boston, MA)
We are extremely pleased to announce that next March, a select group of Chief Procurement Officers and other business leaders will come together at the Harvard Club in Boston for…
ePayables 2015: AP’s Role in Collaborative P2P
It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came…
Technology Round-Up – October 8, 2015
Tradeshift Enters the eProcurement Market Last week, Tradeshift announced the launch of a new eProcurement solution, Tradeshift Buy, a solution that includes product catalogs, a virtual store, and the collaboration…
What Can Modern Contract Management Processes and Tools Do for the Enterprise?
Today’s article is the second in a series of articles centered on our Collaborative Contract Management report, sponsored by Iasta, and available for download here. In 2015, contract management has evolved from…
Research Preview: Collaborative Procurement: Using Relationships to Drive Influence and Results – Part II
Today’s article is the second of two articles from a report that we recently published, entitled, Collaborative Procurement: Using Relationships to Drive Influence and Results, sponsored by Puridiom and available for free download by clicking here. In…