Three Takeaways from the CPO Rising 2019 Summit
[Editor's Note: Our colleague at Ardent Partners, Matt York, wrote an excellent column last week highlighting three key takeaways from our CPO Rising Summit in Boston and I thought his…
Lessons Learned Presenting ‘The State of ePayables’ to Senior Procurement Professionals and Highlights from Ardent Partners’ 2019 CPO Rising
Last week Ardent Partners hosted its fourth annual CPO Rising Summit at Boston’s Harvard Club where CPOs and senior procurement leaders gathered to discuss best practices, learn about emerging market…
Uncertain Times Ahead Call for an Improved CFO – CPO Partnership
One never really knows what the coming business environment will hold. We are in the midst or quite possibly at the tail end of one of the longest market expansions…
From the Archives: CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to readers of our network of sites, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and events. To…
Is Your Procurement Team Best-in-Class? Four Key Enablers for Success (Webinar)
[Editor’s Note: Join us tomorrow, July 24 at 12pm ET, for a complimentary webinar presentation entitled “Is Your Procurement Team Best-in-Class? Four Key Enablers for Success” (click to register), sponsored…
New Report from Ardent Partners, CPO Rising 2019, Available Now!
Publisher’s Note: I am very pleased to share with you Ardent Partners’ annual state of procurement research report, CPO Rising 2019. Those of you who have followed us over the years…
The Metrics that Matter in 2019
I hope that even casual readers of our sites know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts payable/payments,…
Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion” Report Publication
Contact: Andrew Bartolini FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel.: 617-752-1728 Email: info@ardentpartners.com Date: 04/26/2019 Ardent Partners Announces "CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion" Report Publication Annual Procurement Benchmark Study Reports on the "State of" the…
Join us for the State of Procurement 2019 Address (Webinar Tomorrow)!
Ardent’s “State of Procurement” webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take a…
The Metrics that Matter: Strategies to Empower a More Intelligent AP Department
[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click to download), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that can inform and…