Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management
Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them…
CPO News – US Court Strikes Down Conflict Minerals Provision, Upholds Others
On Monday, April 14, a U.S. Appellate Court struck down key provisions of the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring many American companies to declare…
The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management
From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In…
eInvoicing – Creating Value for Suppliers
You are invited to participate in our annual AP Market Research, click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the resulting report. In my earlier…
The Power In Business Networks (Webinar)
Late notice, but if you are around tomorrow and interested in understanding one of the more technology intriguing areas in procurement, AP, and supply management - business networks - I…
Whirlpool’s Enhanced Supplier Repository
Last week, I attended iValua’s biennial user conference, “iValua: On Air” in Paris. iValua is a French-based solution provider with a full source-to-pay suite. The event offered a blend of…
The Changing View of Suppliers
Today's article is based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn, which surveyed 245 AP and finance leaders. More on the report very soon. When…
Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part II
Our “Summer of Sourcing” is picking up steam, we hope you’re enjoying it. The research today is based upon our analysis performed for the State of Strategic Sourcing 2013 report…
Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part I
Our “Summer of Sourcing" is picking up steam, we hope you're enjoying it. One apex this summer will be when we cap off this week's stories with the publication of…
Doing Business with Argentine Suppliers
Continuing with our Latin American trading partner theme, today’s focus will be on Argentina. You can read about the various invoicing requirements and guidelines for Mexico and Brazil in previous…