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Technology Round-Up – July 10, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 10, 2015Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

IQNavigator Set to Release Improved Vendor Management System In mid May, IQNavigator, the Denver-based provider of non-employee Vendor Management Systems (VMS), announced that it has updated its offering, which will now…

Research Preview: Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 22, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today's article is a preview of a report that Ardent Partners recently published entitled, Next-Gen Spend: Accelerating Procurement Performance with Data-Driven Strategies. The report is sponsored by GEP and interested readers…

BravoAdvantage: Taking Sourcing and Supplier Management to the “Next Level”

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2015Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ahead of BravoSolution's user group in London this week, we caught up with Jim Wetekamp, BravoSolution's CEO and Andrea Brody, Bravo's new SVP of Marketing, to get a general update and discuss…

Spend Analysis & Sourcing: Connecting the Sourcing Dots for Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

I recently exchanged notes with a colleague who commented that recently, CPO Rising seems to have been very focused on operational procurement and complex spend management over the past month…

Technology Round-Up – March 27, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 27, 2015Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

SciQuest Announces New Benchmarking Solution, Updates to Spend Automation Platform On March 11, SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI),the North Carolina-based provider of automated, cloud-based spend management solutions, announced that it has partnered with SmartProcure to…

The Real Cost of Contract Non-Compliance: A Multi-Stakeholder View

By Andrew Bartolini March 17, 2015Articles, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy2 Comments

Editor's Note: Last week, we published a couple of articles previewing our new Collaborative Contract Management report, sponsored by Iasta, and available for download here. Today's article is a 'spin off' from the report, and…

Research Preview: Collaborative Contract Management: Procurement’s Role in Enhancing Compliance and Mitigating Risk

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published a new research report, “Collaborative Contract Management: Procurement’s Role in Enhancing Compliance and Mitigating Risk.” It’s an exciting and refreshing look at how Chief Procurement Officers…

Introducing Ardent Partners’ Collaborative Contract Management Report

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 10, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is the first in a series of articles centered on our new Collaborative Contract Management report, sponsored by Iasta, and available for download here [Publisher's note: The links in this article…

Three Supply Management Lessons Learned from the Great Carnitas Shortage of 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 10, 2015Articles, General, Lists, Process, Strategy

In mid-January, many news outlets reported that Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) had stopped serving its popular carnitas product at roughly a third of its 1,724 restaurants because it dropped one…

Going Global: The Difficulties in Expanding Contingent Workforce Management Programs

By Christopher Dwyer February 2, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about how the contingent workforce will continue to evolve in the year ahead? Make sure to join us on Tuesday, February 17 at 2pm…