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How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 15, 2016Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, 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 –…

Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention – Two More Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini September 1, 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…

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…

Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 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…

Business Networks Extend Their Reach into Direct Materials

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

In an age of global commerce, connectivity between buyers and suppliers that is enabled by technology will be a critical piece of the global business networks and supply chains that…

How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 11, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

As Chief Procurement Officers ("CPOs") and procurement practitioners move into 2016, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step Five: External Stakeholder Engagement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Procurement transformation will be a big topic at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2016 executive symposium this spring. Join us in Boston on March 29-30 for what is shaping up to…

Procurement Should Become a Hub for Supplier Innovation

By Andrew Bartolini December 11, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy

Join us on March 29 & 30, 2016 at the Harvard Club of Boston for CPO Rising 2016: The Agility Agenda. This executive summit will bring together business executives and supply…

Technology Round-Up – December 10, 2015

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

SciQuest Updates Spend Automation Suite with Strategic Sourcing Capabilities Last week, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers automated spend management solutions for procurement practitioners, announced that it has updated its spend automation suite…

Technology Round-Up – November 19, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2015Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Intrigo Announces Collaboration with Ariba on Direct Materials Procurement Intrigo Systems, a California-based integrated business planning (IBP) and managed service provider (MSP) for SAP solutions, announced that it is partnering…