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How Will the “Gig Economy” Impact Procurement in 2017?

By Christopher Dwyer August 31, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

The procurement function has experienced first-hand business evolution across a variety of attributes, from technology and innovation to the emergence of data-driven strategies. Today’s procurement professionals have the opportunity to…

The Art and Science of Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini August 23, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see.” – Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist & Scientist The idea behind the…

Are Your Supply Management Processes “Fail-safe?”

By Andrew Bartolini August 19, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to act as mere spectators left to "grin and bear it," while hoping that either no one notices or that…

Announcing the Fourth Annual “State of Contingent Workforce Management” Research Study

By Christopher Dwyer August 18, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

For more than a decade, Ardent’s analyst team has tracked the progression and evolution of the contingent workforce, from its significance as a complex spend category to the burgeoning business force…

Going Swifter, Higher, Stronger in 2016

By Andrew Bartolini August 17, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Rio 2016 Olympics are still going full throttle through this Sunday and I've been doing my best to watch as much as I can (how about those American swimmers from…

CPO Rising 2016: How the Best-in-Class Manage Supplier Performance for Superior Gains

By Andrew Bartolini August 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: For the past few weeks, we have been featuring a series of articles based in large part on Ardent Partners’ flagship research report, CPO Rising 2016: The Art and…

Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini August 11, 2016Articles, 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 late summer 2010, Ardent’s first summer. It’s been some time…

Webinar! Procurement 2020: A Strategy Checklist for the Decade Ahead

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Are you free next Thursday, August 18 at 2 PM EST? Join Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer, and Matthew York, Research Analyst, of Ardent Partners for a free webinar on…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supplier Performance Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Scanmarket: Continued Growth and an Eye on a Source-to-Settle Future

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2016Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners recently sat down with Ole Nielsen, Founder and Chairman of Scanmarket A/S, a European-based provider of strategic sourcing solutions that was founded in 1999.…