The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks
The 2021 Procurement Benchmarks represent the performance and operational results of the average procurement department in the market today. The percentage of spend under management at the average enterprise sits…
Flashback Friday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead,…
Throwback Thursday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move forward, they have the…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 603: “Hot Vax Summer” Meets the Delta Variant
An all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly episode, sponsored by DZConneX, a Yoh company, highlights how summer reopenings and return-to-office plans are currently being derailed by the Delta variant…
Procurement 2021: The Best-in-Class Advantage
Ardent recently completed its sixteenth annual CPO-themed market research study, “The State of Procurement & the CPO”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with…
Throwback Thursday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Contract Management
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have…
Flashback Friday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Spend Analysis and eSourcing
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners have the need and the capability for advanced…
The State of Accounts Payable in 2021: AP is an Enterprise Value Driver
Ardent recently completed its annual AP-themed market research study, “The State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that the Ardent team has had…
Introducing the State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal (New Report)
With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, "The State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal". Over the next…
eSourcing and Advanced Sourcing Technologies in 2021
One of the striking data points in our 2021 State of Procurement and the CPO report is that the Best-in-Class adopt individual supply management applications by up to 92% more…