ePayables 2015: AP’s Top 3 Priorities in 2015
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…
Procurement Influencer Series: Patrick Stakenas of Selectica
[Editor's note: Ardent Partners' Procurement Influencer Series continues today with a conversation between Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent, and Patrick Stakenas, President and CEO of Selectica. Together, the…
Upcoming Webinar: How Best-in-Class Finance Leaders Optimize Their AP Performance
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…
Visibility: What Does it Mean for Suppliers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong…
Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery
Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to…
Mobile, Virtual Contract Management: From Back Office to Out-of-Office
The staff at Ardent Partners has written extensively about innovation in the supply management technology sphere over the last five years. During this time, we’ve seen the evolution of mobile…
Technology Round-Up – July 10, 2015
IQNavigator Set to Release Improved Vendor Management System In mid May, IQNavigator, the Denver-based provider of non-employee Vendor Management Systems (VMS), announced that it has updated its offering, which will now…
The Great SOW Debate, and Why Companies Can’t Ignore This Critical Aspect of CWM
“Evolution” is a word thrown around frequently when discussing the contingent workforce or non-employee workforce industry. No matter where an executive turns, he or she is faced with the great…
Procurement Influencer Series: Rick Hughes of GEP – Part I
In the procurement and supply management world, Rick Hughes is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of service and accomplishments under his belt working with some of the…
CPO Rising’s 2015 Hot Tech Prospect – Rosslyn Analytics
This week, Ardent Partners unveils its second annual list of “CPO Rising Hot Tech Prospects” where we introduce and analyze the hot new prospects in the supply management technology market for…