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Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem
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... Read more
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CPO Rising 2016 Recap: The CEO’s View of Procurement
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:... Read more
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Upcoming Webinar: Contingent Workforce Management and the On-Demand Enterprise
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... Read more
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Connecting, Learning, and Succeeding with Beeline
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... Read more
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SAP Ariba Live Case Study: What AbbVie’s Spend Data “Tells” It
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... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples
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... Read more
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How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P
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... Read more
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Reimagining VMS, the Role of Innovation, and a Few Days in D.C. With IQNavigator
Innovation, particularly in the world of the non-employee workforce, goes hand-in-hand with the natural evolution of the industry at large. Utilization of contingent labor rises with each passing year, new... Read more
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What Will Take CPOs and Procurement Organizations to the “Next Level?” New/Improved Technology
Editor’s Note: Today, we’re previewing the second report in a series of reports entitled CPO Game Changers – Volume 2: New/Improved Technology, sponsored by Zycus and available for download here (registration required). In 2016, procurement... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – April 28, 2016
IQN Partners with Bartech Group on Workforce Management Solutions On April 13, IQN, a Colorado-based provider of contingent workforce management (CWM) solutions, announced that it has “extended and expanded” its partnership... Read more