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What Are the Procurement Challenges and Trends to Track? (New Webinar)
Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of any business function since it provides the opportunity to set, track, and ultimately achieve goals and objectives while... Read more
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CPO Rising 2K20 – The Resiliency Imperative… So, Now What?
If you’ve visited this site anytime over the past 6 weeks, you couldn’t help but notice that we’ve been busy pulling together a virtual series designed for procurement and supply... Read more
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The Resiliency Imperative – Top Strategies for Leading a Resilient Procurement Organization (Session 19)
The Resiliency Imperative continues tomorrow May 5th at 2 PM ET with an on-demand session Session 19: Top Strategies for Leading a Resilient Procurement Organization, sponsored by ScoutRFP (A Workday... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect
Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware’s North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The Metrics that Matter in 2019
I hope that even casual readers of this site know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts... Read more
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Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate
The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Retaining Talent in Accounts Payable and Procurement
Last week, I discussed the challenges Accounts Payable (“AP”) and Procurement organizations face attracting talent in today’s hyper-competitive labor market. This week I want to cover the second half of the ‘New... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 322: 2018 Year in Review, Part II
The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast continues its “2018 Year in Review Series” this week with another look back at the year that was (check out Part I of our “Year... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: A New Approach to Talent Management
Exactly one month ago I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on talent management at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston. My expert panel included Ryan Murray, Deputy Chief... Read more
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The Value of Strategic Category Management – A New Webinar from Ardent Partners
[Editor’s Note: Join us Thursday, October 25 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation on procurement’s evolving role in strategic category management entitled “Strategic Category Management: The Keys to... Read more