Best of 2019: Four Supplier Management Best Practices
[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.]…
How CFOs Can Build and Nurture Alliances with CPOs
In 2019, the duties of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) continue to expand, straddling the traditional areas of financial stewardship and the more progressive areas of strategic and business leadership,…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — November 22, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
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…
Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus‘s Analyst Day…
Technology Round-Up — July 8, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)
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…
Four Supplier Management Best Practices
Business pressures and needs have changed over the past five years such that product lifecycles are shorter and market swings are wider than ever before. The pace of business has…
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…
First Webinar of the Year! Five Steps to Reach AP Excellence in 2019 — January 15
What can your AP team do to start 2019 on the right foot? On Tuesday, January 15 at 2:00 pm EST, join Ardent Partners’ Research Director and VP of Marketing, Robert…
Reflections on the CPO Rising 2018 Summit (Part I): Third Time’s a Charm
A few weeks ago, delegates, speakers, and supply management solutions providers descended upon the historic Harvard Club of Boston for Ardent Partners’ third-annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit. The Ardent team…