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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…

Gregg Brandyberry: Profile of a CPO Rising Hall-of-Famer

By Andrew Bartolini May 18, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

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…

New Webinar – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As our readers know, CPO Rising is the name of this website, but it is also the name of both our annual CPO research study and event. Well, I am…

Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For the past 10 years, Coupa has focused on what it calls “Value-as-a-Service,” which has taken the form of a desire to drive value for its customers. This focus was…

CPO Rising 2016 Recap: The CEO’s View of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

On Day 1 of Ardent Partners’ inaugural CPO Rising procurement executive summit, Louie Psallidas, President and CEO of Uno Restaurants, delivered a keynote presentation entitled, “The CEO’s View of Procurement:…

Upcoming Webinar: Contingent Workforce Management and the On-Demand Enterprise

By Christopher Dwyer May 10, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The world of talent engagement is in full disruption mode. Not only are the lines between traditional and non-employee labor blurred more now than in years past, the solutions and…

Connecting, Learning, and Succeeding with Beeline

By Christopher Dwyer May 9, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Change is an accepted component of the modern business world. Corporate functions evolve, technology disrupts everyday processes, and the means with which projects are addressed seem to change on a…

SAP Ariba Live Case Study: What AbbVie’s Spend Data “Tells” It

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

On Day 1 of SAP Ariba’s annual user conference, SAP Ariba Live 2016 in Las Vegas, the Ardent Partners analyst team sat in on a presentation entitled, Spend Analysis: What…

Throwback Thursday: Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples

By Andrew Bartolini May 5, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, 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 the summer of 2010, Ardent's first summer. It's been some…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

As Chief Procurement Officers ("CPOs") and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…