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Chris Shanahan: A Profile of a Transformative Procurement Leader – Part I

By Andrew Bartolini September 6, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade; what follows is the first of a two-part profile based upon a recent interview. Like many…

Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention – Two More Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini September 1, 2016Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy

Editor’s Note: In the spirit of “Throwback Thursday,” we’re bringing our audience this gem from all the way back to late summer 2010, Ardent’s first summer. It’s been some time…

How Will the “Gig Economy” Impact Procurement in 2017?

By Christopher Dwyer August 31, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

The procurement function has experienced first-hand business evolution across a variety of attributes, from technology and innovation to the emergence of data-driven strategies. Today’s procurement professionals have the opportunity to…

Genpact: A Procurement BPO Provider Swims Upstream

By Andrew Bartolini August 29, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Genpact (Ticker: G), the business process outsourcing (“BPO”) firm, has a long history as a procurement outsourcing provider. Today's article highlights my recent conversation with Jonathan Kirby, the SVP and Practice…

Technology Round-Up – August 25, 2016

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 25, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Determine Announces Financial Results for Q1 2017 On August 10, Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), the Indiana-based provider of contract management and source-to-settle solutions for the cloud, announced financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal…

Exostar: Enhancing Security for Source-to-Settle Solutions

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The Ardent Partners analyst team recently sat down with Tim Zullo, Senior Director, Sales & Marketing, and Mark Hogan, Product Manager, of Exostar, a provider of secure, cloud-based solutions for heavily-regulated industries. The two executives…

Announcing the Fourth Annual “State of Contingent Workforce Management” Research Study

By Christopher Dwyer August 18, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

For more than a decade, Ardent’s analyst team has tracked the progression and evolution of the contingent workforce, from its significance as a complex spend category to the burgeoning business force…

Going Swifter, Higher, Stronger in 2016

By Andrew Bartolini August 17, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Rio 2016 Olympics are still going full throttle through this Sunday and I've been doing my best to watch as much as I can (how about those American swimmers from…

CPO Rising 2016: How the Best-in-Class Manage Supplier Performance for Superior Gains

By Andrew Bartolini August 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: For the past few weeks, we have been featuring a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art and…

The Real Impact of the Non-Employee Workforce and the Gig Economy

By Christopher Dwyer August 15, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

Editor’s Note: Catch up on the latest technology trends in the contingent workforce management space: download Ardent’s Contingent Workforce Management: 2016 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report by clicking here. Innovation…