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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Unlocking Cash with Supply Chain Finance

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

As businesses continue to eliminate manual- and paper-based processes from the front-end of the accounts payable (“AP”) function, attention has turned to streamlining and driving more value from the payment…

Five AP Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini June 14, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Building a business case for accounts payable (“AP”) automation is a critical part of transforming the invoice management process. Without a detailed business case that can convince stakeholders to invest…

Webinar! The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get BIG Value from BIG Data

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For those working in procurement and supply management, BIG Data is a BIG opportunity...don't let it become a BIG Problem! Join Ardent Partners and Tamr on a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 PM. Learn More and Register Now!…

Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – A Series Introduction

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple’s bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in illegal kickbacks from the…

eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 25, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…

How to Counter the “Unknown Unknowns” in Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 20, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy

Some of the most interesting facets of supply risk management revolve around the unknown – what could happen, under what circumstances, what the impact could be, and what to do…

Webinar! It Pays to Pay Electronically: What Does Paperless Mean to You?

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2016Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For many in Procurement and Accounts Payable, going paperless cuts out a lot of the pain associated with manual processing. ePayments are often described as a digital easy button. But…