Contingent Workforce Archives

Elevate AP as a Destination Workplace for Business Professionals

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2024Best Practices, Other, Process, Research, Technology

Nearly a quarter of AP units today (24%) are facing an issue that extends throughout most finance departments, specifically, and businesses as a whole: Staffing shortages threaten to slow an…

Contingent Workforce Weekly: A Conversation with Rob Israch, Chief Marketing Officer of Tipalti

By Christopher Dwyer November 19, 2019Solutions, Technology

Another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Rob Israch, Chief Marketing officer of global payables automation solution Tipalti. Rob joins me to discuss why payments (and payment management)…

Monday First Thing: An Introduction to the ‘Future of Work’ with an Assist from an NFL Fantasy Football Draft

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 26, 2019Research, Technology

What exactly is the ‘Future of Work’ and why are we discussing it on Payables Place? The ‘Future of Work’ originally started out as a concept, a discussion topic if…

Technology Round-Up — July 8, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2019Solutions, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…

The Metrics that Matter in 2019

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2019Process, Research, Technology

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,…

Black Friday 2018 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder

By Philip Bartolini November 23, 2018News, Research

Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…

Ardent Partners’ Autumn Events Round-Up

By Andrew Bartolini August 31, 2018Event, News, Webinar

As summer turns to fall, like so many leaves will do here in New England, we at Ardent Partners wanted to take a moment to round up and highlight some of…

2015 “Spring Training” Series: Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer March 13, 2015Best Practices

While the conditions outside may still represent the throes of winter, it’s never too late to look forward to the sunnier (and warmer!) days of spring. CPO Rising and Payables…

Mobility and Complex Category Management (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer January 14, 2015Best Practices

In the procurement and supply management world, buzzwords come and go every year. Some of these fresh happenings represent a true change in the business world, while others fizzle out…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part III: Contingent Workforce Compliance

By Christopher Dwyer November 3, 2014Best PracticesNo Comments

Welcome to the third article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…