An SMB Buyer’s Guide to AP Automation
Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no…
The SMB of the Future
Today’s article is a brief snippet of a report that Ardent Partners completed for Concur entitled - The SMB of the Future: Start Fast, Then Accelerate For an entire generation, technology has…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Cash Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. I called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
The State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Guidebook for 2015
Editor’s Note: Ardent’s resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and research director, Christopher Dwyer, is set to launch the exciting next iteration of his annual State of Contingent Workforce Management…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual ePayments Rising Report
Ardent Partners will soon publish "ePayments Rising: The 2014 Market Report." This independent research report seeks to present a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of…
Three Talent Management Capabilities That Matter
A recurring theme within the scope of the modern contingent workforce program is “talent first.” With more and more freelance, contract, and non-traditional talent holding the skill sets required for…
Nipendo Offers Plug-and-Play Supplier Cloud; Connects Partners with New Communities
Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means…
Beeline / OnForce Merger Signals Another Shift in the Contingent Workforce Management Industry
Yesterday, Beeline, provider of Vendor Management System (VMS) software, announced that its parent company, Adecco Group, has acquired contractor / freelance management solution OnForce. The acquisition will place OnForce’s freelancer…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (II)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,…