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The New State is Here: The Evolution of Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer September 24, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

Back in mid-August, the CPO Rising and Ardent Partners teams asked for the world’s participation in our second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management research survey. On the heels of…

The Best P2P is Collaborative

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2014Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

It’s said that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” This is particularly true when it comes to standardizing and streamlining business processes; greater coordination between stakeholders results in situations where…

Technology Round-Up – September 8, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini September 8, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Basware Announces Mastercard Partnership, Reaches 80 Million Transactions Per Year Basware, the world’s largest e-invoicing network, has joined forces with MasterCard, one of the world’s largest payment networks, to create…

Technologies that Make P2P Automation Possible

By Andrew Bartolini September 4, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Collaboration is more than important in the modern marketplace. It’s downright essential to reaching top-performing status as a company. Collaboration in the procure-to-pay (P2P) process is no different, as it’s…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence – Top Challenges in 2014 (IV)

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published our annual CPO Rising report (entitled CPO Rising 2014: Convergence) and of all the reports we publish this year, the focus of this report is exactly geared towards our…

CPO Rising 2014: Convergence…. The CPO’s Three Year Plan

By Andrew Bartolini June 23, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners – State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Framework for Success

By Andrew Bartolini November 18, 2013Articles, General, People, Strategy, Technology

Nearly two months ago, we asked for your participation in Ardent’s groundbreaking research study, The State of Contingent Workforce Management. Now, Ardent Partners' latest report, The State of Contingent Workforce…

Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part II

By Christopher Dwyer July 31, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Our “Summer of Sourcing” is picking up steam, we hope you’re enjoying it. The research today is based upon our analysis performed for the State of Strategic Sourcing 2013 report…

Future Shock: Disruptive Technologies on Procurement’s Horizon

By Andrew Bartolini May 17, 2013Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Technology

From our cars to our homes to our computers, new and innovative technologies are changing the way we do almost everything. That change is coming to procurement and the impact…

CPO News – January 10, 2013

By Andrew Bartolini January 10, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Recent procurement and Chief Procurement Officer headlines from around the world. New CPO at Chevron Chevron has just announced that Maria Lindenberg was appointed Chief Procurement Officer, effective Jan. 1,…