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Ardent’s “2K20 Series” – Maximizing Spend Management with AP Automation Session

By Phil Bartolini December 14, 2020Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle…

Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini September 16, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

Join Ardent Partners on September 17th at 2 PM ET for our Procurement Management Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by Corcentric. The disruptive days of 2020 have placed Chief Procurement Officers…

Procurement Metrics for the New Decade (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini August 26, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

There is significant uncertainty, disruption, and risk within procurement teams, as well as within their extended supply chains. Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) find themselves at the end of a bull market,…

90% of CPOs…

By Phil Bartolini August 3, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

Since 2010, Ardent Partners has conducted more procurement-themed market research than any other firm or consultancy in the industry. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct organizations across all…

Metrics that Matter in 2020 – Top CPO Pressures

By Andrew Bartolini July 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

For the past four years, Ardent Partners’ Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 has compiled the industry’s best and most widely-used procurement industry benchmarks and delivered them in a highly-accessible and…

The Key Criteria for Supply Management Solution Selection

By Phil Bartolini July 8, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this year, Ardent conducted its yearly procurement benchmark study, CPO Rising, on the current trends in procurement people, processes, technologies, goals, strategies, and challenges. The recent release of The…

Announcing the Procurement Metrics that Matter eBook Available for a Limited Time Only!

By Andrew Bartolini July 2, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Since 2000, the global economy has been increasingly driven through its supply chain. Now, the global supply chain is under attack. Once again, CPOs have been called to the front…

What Are the Procurement Challenges and Trends to Track? (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini June 11, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of any business function since it provides the opportunity to set, track, and ultimately achieve goals and objectives while…

The Resiliency Imperative – Maximizing Spend Management with AP Automation & Data (Session 5)

By Phil Bartolini April 9, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Note: Ardent Partners’ new webinar, Maximizing Spend Management with AP Automation and Data, is part of the CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series and scheduled for today at 2 pm is available…

Throwback Thursday: Five AP Metrics that Matter

By Phil Bartolini March 19, 2020Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the…