Building a Strong P2P Foundation
There are many paths to Procure-to-Pay (P2P) excellence and many starting points. A P2P automation project may start with a focus in one area within either accounts payable or procurement…
The P2P Blueprint for Success
A successful P2P project can start in many different areas and travel many different paths; but, before an enterprise begins its P2P journey, it should have a sense of where…
Why Best-in-Class Supplier Management is Critical to CPO Success
Ardent Partners Monthly Webinar Series Why Best-in-Class Supplier Management is Critical to CPO Success For CPOs looking to thrive in the 2020s, Supplier Management has been the hot trend; but,…
Two Exciting Webinars this Week from Ardent Partners!
Now in its 8th year, Ardent Partners’ monthly webinar series is designed to engage procurement executives with a steady stream of high-quality, progressive, educational, and actionable content. Ardent Partners is…
NEW WEBINAR – Defining the Characteristics of Best-in-Class P2P
Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Defining the Characteristics of Best-in-Class P2P Best-in-Class AP and P2P organizations enjoy a compelling advantage over their peers across all major performance benchmarks. They also achieve…
NEW WEBINAR – Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (and Performance)
Ardent Partners’ Webinar Series Five Strategies to Increase Procurement Intelligence (& Performance) Click Here to Register CPO in 2021 are facing greater pressure to hit or exceed performance targets amidst a…
Best-in-Class Accounts Payable Performance
For the last twelve years, Ardent Partners has leveraged a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier or Best-in- Class organizations (versus all others) by analyzing a specific set…
The Accounts Payable Benchmarks in 2021
The performance of the typical AP function is rooted in its ability to effectively manage the many facets of the invoice and payment processes. To effectively drive AP forward into…
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks – Part 2
Ardent’s analysis in this report determined Best-in-Class procurement performance by identifying the top 20% of performers in the spend under management metric. As a group, they have placed, on average,…
Once More, With Feeling: Empathy Is the Only Way Forward
“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.” – Meryl Streep Over the past…