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What Are the Procurement Challenges and Trends to Track? (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini June 11, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

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…

CPO Rising 2K20 – The Resiliency Imperative… So, Now What?

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

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…

The Resiliency Imperative – Top Strategies for Leading a Resilient Procurement Organization (Session 19)

By Phil Bartolini May 4, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

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…

Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2019Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

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…

Monday First Thing: The Metrics that Matter in 2019

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2019Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate

By Phil Bartolini April 3, 2019Chief Procurement Officers, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

Payables Place First Thing: Retaining Talent in Accounts Payable and Procurement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 14, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

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…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 322: 2018 Year in Review, Part II

By Christopher Dwyer December 12, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers

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…

Payables Place First Thing: A New Approach to Talent Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 7, 2018Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

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…

The Value of Strategic Category Management – A New Webinar from Ardent Partners

By Christopher Dwyer October 18, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General

[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…