Black Friday 2018 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder
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
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…
Best of 2015: How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?
Editor's Note: As 2015 draws to a close, it is the time of year when we revisit some of our best articles from the past year. Over the next week, the…
Making the Case for Spend Management in SMBs
Editor’s note: Today’s article highlights the findings from a new Ardent Partners research study, How SMBs Can Manage Company Spend, which was sponsored by spend management solution ExpenseWatch. The report,…
Upcoming Webinar: Global Compliance and the Expansion of Today’s CWM Programs
It’s no secret that today’s non-employee workforce—comprised of temporary staff, freelancers, independent talent, and professional services—is rapidly growing and evolving. As businesses continue to manage the “war for talent,” they…
The Implications of 2015’s “Talent Vortex”
Editor's Note: For all you accounts payable managers who must leverage contingent talent, we thought this article would be of interest. We’ve all heard the meteorologists talk about it as…
How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?
The modern business, when viewing the myriad processes that run the gamut from spend management to data management to processing invoices and expense reports, often views the “tactical” as a…
Telecom Expense Management, Spring Training, and Cards: What You May Have Missed
We've had a fair number of good articles in the past few weeks here at Payables Place; there was an insightful Telecom Expense Management article, the first few articles in…
2015 “Spring Training” Series: Contingent Workforce Management
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…
Events Management in 2015: How Will It Evolve in the Year Ahead?
The realm of complex spend management is never dull. From contingent workforce management to business travel and expense management, these industries encapsulate multiple “worlds” within the average organization, from finance…