ISM 2017 Conference To Tackle Global Issues, Uncertainty
In about a month, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will host its 102nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. The ISM Conference is always a…
Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part Three
It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars... We have an exclusive event…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 135: The Innovation Edition
This week’s exciting new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Shiftgig, is an “innovation edition” that highlights three avenues of innovation that will have a dramatic impact…
The Cognitive Procurement “Ecosystem”
Editor's Note: Today's article is a preview of an Ardent Partners research report, Cognitive Procurement: The Age of Intelligence, sponsored by IBM Watson Commerce. Interested readers can download this exciting…
Ivalua Now 2017
Ivalua held its second annual Ivalua Now customer conference last week in New York City. Ivalua was founded in 2000 and offers an end-to-end suite of spend management solutions. The…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 134: Does the Gig Economy Have Long-Term Benefits?
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we tackle an interesting question: does the “gig economy” have long-term benefits”? What does the gig economy…
The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department – Report Preview!
Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Zycus, is pleased to present this research report, The ROI of a Best-in-Class Procurement Department. Interested readers can access the report with our compliments by…
The Top Three Priorities for AP Departments in the Year Ahead
The accounts payable (AP) function as a whole is in the midst of an automation transformation. And slowly but surely, the perception of AP is slowly changing as well. It is…
SAP Ariba Live: Making Supply Risk Management Awesome
Earlier this week, Andrew Bartolini and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated attendees) and…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 133: March Listener Mailbag Edition
The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast is live with the March edition of our monthly “listener mailbag.” During this week’s podcast, we discuss: Recent news related to the Beeline/IQN merger branding…