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Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)
Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Contract Management
Leading Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies) that a procurement professional... Read more
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What Will Take You “Swifter, Higher, Faster” in 2014?
The XXII Winter Games are still going strong in Sochi, Russia and will continue through this Sunday. I must admit that I have not watched as much as I would... Read more
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GEP Gets SMART with Its Solution Suite (Part 2)
GEP, the longstanding industry provider of procurement services and solutions, announced last week the launch of “SMART by GEP,” what the company is calling “the first unified sourcing and procurement... Read more
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GEP Gets SMART with Its Solution Suite (Part 1)
GEP, the longstanding industry provider of procurement services and solutions, announced on Tuesday the launch of “SMART by GEP,” what the company is calling “the first unified sourcing and procurement... Read more
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BravoSolution and Basware Form Global Partnership to Attack the Source-to-Pay Market
After months of work at the executive levels within each company, BravoSolution and Basware yesterday announced the formation of a new global partnership that will be focused on jointly attacking the... Read more
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The State of Strategic Sourcing 2013
We’re pleased to announce that Ardent Partners’ State of Strategic Sourcing Report 2013 is now available. Subtitled: “Speed is Good, Agility is Better,” this research report dives deep into the... Read more
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The Integrated Sourcing Suite: What It Is & Who Provides It
Our Summer of Sourcing series continues today with a look at how sourcing departments can use technology to drive their sourcing efforts. One interesting aspect of any sourcing program is... Read more
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Procurement Contract Management – Gaining Efficiencies within a Classic Function
Ardent’s “Summer of Sourcing” series of articles will focus on all things sourcing or strategic sourcing-related. Today, we’ll tackle a “classic” process/function within the contemporary procurement stratosphere in which Best-in-Class... Read more
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A Contemporary Take on Sell-Side Contract Lifecycle Management
Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team traveled en masse to AribaLIVE, Ariba’s annual event that brings together 2,000 of its customers, prospects, staffers, and partners, plus a who’s who... Read more