The State of Procurement 2022 – TAKE THE NEW SURVEY!
CPO Rising 2022: In Data We Trust Take the New Survey!! In 2022, more procurement departments than ever before are mining new insights and impacting performance with the use of…
Ardent’s New Report on Procurement Technology Selection is Available
The "Source-to-Settle" process is often referred to as "supply management" or "spend management." Each of these terms refers to the buyer-supplier relationship in its entirety, including the sourcing, contracting, procurement,…
Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Operational Procurement
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] Most Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their…
NEW SURVEY: The State of Procurement 2021
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that the survey for our annual “State of Procurement and the CPO” report is now open. If you have 15 minutes to spare today or later…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Zycus
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…
Strategies to Navigate the Technology Landscape
Lack of automation across core process areas leaves procurement organizations susceptible to the failures of the past and constrains each group’s ability to gain and maintain credibility and optimize operations…
Five Procurement Strategies to Unlock Greater Value
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
Webinar! The Procurement Metrics That Matter for 2020
Join Ardent Partners this Thursday, June 25th at 2 PM ET for our annual Procurement Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by GEP. This webinar, based on its accompanying eBook, is a compilation of the…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Corcentric
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series' as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site.…
Resiliency Themes – Part 4: Procurement Becomes a Core Business Function
Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. From March 31 through May 7, Ardent Partners…