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It’s Never Too Late to Master the Art of SOW Management (Upcoming Webinar)

By Christopher Dwyer August 17, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Strategy

When most companies evaluate their contingent workforce management (CWM) programs, they will identify areas of both weakness and strength. As the non-employee workforce has grown and evolved in recent years,…

Upcoming Webinar: CPO Game Changer Series: Volume 1: Early Engagement

By Andrew Bartolini July 27, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

Ardent Partners and Zycus are collaborating on a research and webinar series focused on the strategies that can help CPOs elevate their organizations to the next level of performance. This…

Upcoming Webinar: How Best-in-Class Finance Leaders Optimize Their AP Performance

By Christopher Dwyer July 20, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In 2015, more AP groups are accelerating their plans to transform their operations and scale to new heights by pursuing the critical attributes that can propel an operation to the…

The Evolution of AP in 2015: Making an Impact

By Andrew Bartolini July 13, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

The world of accounts payable is changing, evolving…and the average business can benefit by boosting the strategic impact of their AP functions and linking the unit to more critical enterprise…

Procurement’s Function at NASA

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM-Emptoris have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

Technology Round-Up – June 26, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini June 26, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Coupa "Inspires" at INSPIRE 2015 Earlier this month, Coupa, the California-based spend and supply management solution provider, held its annual INSPIRE user conference in San Francisco. Ardent Partners' analyst team was…

From Airman to Spaceman: Bill McNally’s Ascent into NASA Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Strategy

AribaLIVE 2015: Looking to the Future of Business Commerce

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2015Articles, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's Note: Today’s article is an analysis of two similar but separate presentations delivered by Ariba executives at their user conferences this spring. The first was at AribaLIVE in Las…

Two Days With Beeline and the Future of the Extended Workforce

By Christopher Dwyer June 17, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s note: Last week, resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, joined Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Beeline for their annual user conference…

Webinar: Collaborative Procurement: Using Relationships to Drive Influence and Results

By Andrew Bartolini June 11, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

Join Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini on a June 17th (2 pm ET) webinar sponsored by Puridiom when he presents the findings from his upcoming report "Collaborative Procurement: Using Relationships to…