Today on CPO Rising — “Ivalua NOW Dispatch #3: Strategic Roadmap (Procure-to-Pay)” https://lnkd.in/g-dnT82F The Ardent Partners team recently attended the Ivalua NOW: Procurement Re-Imaged user conference in Miami Beach and are posting dispatches from our time at the event. Our third dispatch continues with details from the “Innovation Showcase & 2024-2025 Product Roadmap” session, featuring Ivalua’s vice president of product and customer marketing, Vishal Patel, and chief product officer, Pascal Bensoussan. The session focused on three themes: 1) Source-to-Contract, 2) Procure-to-Pay, and 3) Platform & AI — and the strategic roadmap of all three. Our conference dispatch today highlights the “Procure-to-Pay” theme and its three topic areas: External Workforce & Catalog Management; Global Tax Compliance & AP Automation; and Payments & Working Capital Management. Next week, we’ll conclude our coverage with the remaining strategic roadmap theme: Platform & AI. #IvaluaNOW #procurement #procure-to-pay #P2P #taxcompliance #ContingentWorkforce #APautomation #accountspayable #payments #workingcapital
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Ardent Partners is a next-generation analyst firm that leverages its data-driven research to help business executives make smarter decisions and achieve better results. Ardent’s clients (and global community) understand and appreciate that when we publish research and guide our clients, we do so based upon literally thousands of data points collected and analyzed over the past two decades. Our unique primary research methodology, high-impact research publications, and deep domain focus set Ardent apart from its competition. Our community is expansive, our influence is extensive, and our research is unrivaled. We deliver Research with Results™. Let us show you what we can do.
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Employees at Ardent Partners
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Christopher Dwyer
Senior Vice President, Research at Ardent Partners
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Brea Mathis, MBA
Manager, Business Process and Analysis, Transformation, and Lead Management | Trailhead Ranger | 2x Certified
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Lisa Lincoln
Director, Client Services
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Rebecca Nkosi
Quality Assurance / Analyst at Ardent Business Partners
Updates
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Today on CPO Rising — Procurement News https://lnkd.in/d2HDPY8r Enjoy our Procurement News this week featuring more personnel announcements, including Annette Danek-Akey who will take over as CSCO for Barnes & Noble in September; Stephanie Beal who was promoted to CSCO for Hasbro; and Mark Greaves who joined Jumpflex as CSCO. Check out more executive personnel announcements as well as supply management news. #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #procurementnews #promotions #procurementexecutives #supplymanagementnews
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Today on CPO Rising — “Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — It’s Time to Improve eSourcing Adoption” https://lnkd.in/gyT3gf_j Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be running "best of" Magnus Mondays posts, reprising some of the most popular topics of the series. Today’s article focuses on how eSourcing solutions have been around for nearly 30 years, with their value proven repeatedly over that time. Despite delivering both monetary savings as well as productivity improvements, adoption remains low. Magnus explores the issues behind low eSourcing usage and examines recommendations on how adoption can be improved. #esourcing #eauctions #chiefprocurementofficers #procurement #procurementtechnology #solutionproviders
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Today on CPO Rising — “Procurement 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 5): U.S. Election Impacts and Supply Chain Disinformation” https://lnkd.in/gyr4nHwg In 2024, CPOs face a series of new challenges that must be managed while operating with high uncertainty ... AND great opportunities exist for the teams that are best prepared for them. In Part Five of our BIG Predictions in Procurement series, we’ll share how the U.S. election will be high stakes for CPOs and how “Fake News” and disinformation invades supply markets. Leave a comment if these predictions resonate with you! #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #2024election #disinformation #cybersecurity #riskmanagement
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Beyond Automation: How Intake & Orchestration Can Help Procurement Win in 2024 Join Ardent Partners and Zip on July 31st (2 PM ET) for a webcast on Beyond Automation: How Intake & Orchestration Can Help Procurement Win in 2024. Driving more spend under management while simultaneously freeing up time for procurement professionals might seem unattainable. However, Intake Management and Procurement Process Orchestration solutions are designed to improve and streamline early engagement and collaboration. However, the hype around these solutions makes it hard for end users to understand what the terms mean and the capabilities needed to deliver the promised outcomes. Our experts will guide you through the terminology, the benefits, and the critical capabilities to extend procurement’s coverage and influence. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gUM_fj9r Secure your spot now to improve stakeholder engagement, drive more spend under management, and increase savings in 2024!
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Today on CPO Rising — Magnus Mondays — Random Summer Rants https://lnkd.in/eaaPDivd Magnus wraps up the first half of 2024 with some random summer rants to get you thinking for the months ahead. #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #eSourcing #S2P #procurementtechnology
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Today on CPO Rising — “Ivalua NOW Dispatch #2: Strategic Roadmap (Source-to-Contract)” https://lnkd.in/gr27WwMe The Ardent Partners team recently attended the Ivalua NOW: Procurement Re-Imaged user conference in Miami Beach and is posting dispatches from our time at the event. Our second dispatch details the “Innovation Showcase & 2024-2025 Product Roadmap” session, featuring Ivalua’s vice president of product and customer marketing Vishal Patel, and chief product officer Pascal Bensoussan. The session focused on three themes: 1) Source-to-Contract, 2) Procure-to-Pay, and 3) Platform & AI — and the strategic roadmap of all three. Our conference dispatch today highlights the “Source-to-Contract” theme and its three topic areas: Automated Supplier Data Management; Sourcing Efficiency & Direct Sourcing; and AI-Powered Enterprise Contract Management. Over the next few weeks, we’ll feature the strategic roadmap for the two remaining themes and topic areas. #IvaluaNOW #artificialintelligence #procurement #GenAI #Sourcetocontract #contractmanagement #directsourcing
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Today on CPO Rising — “Technology Round-Up” https://lnkd.in/gpjrmJCW Our first Technology Round-Up for the second half of 2024 features several provider announcements from Ivalua, GEP Worldwide, Icertis and Evisort, HICX, and Vertex Inc.. #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #technology #solutionproviders #artificialintelligence #AI #Sustainability #S2P #contractlifecyclemanagement #procurementprocessorchestration
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Today on CPO Rising — “Magnus Mondays — The Procurement Data Paradox” https://lnkd.in/g2H73zyZ “Data is the new oil” has been spouted as a truism for many years, writes Magnus. This is primarily due to the promises of all the nice things AI will do for us. However, access to clean and correct data is a more fundamental requirement than just enabling AI. This week, Magnus tackles how having correct supplier data, visibility into spend data, and access to third-party risk, ESG, and market data is crucial to running your operations. But here comes the paradox — investing in technology is the only way to improve your data (to get more benefits from technology). Read how to focus on data as a strategic asset and build a clear roadmap towards a solid data foundation. #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #supplierinformationmanagement #spenddata #supplierdata
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Today on CPO Rising — “CPO Rising Listicle: Open Your Mind to New Technology (5 Reasons)” https://lnkd.in/gpwpZMVV Being open-minded and accepting of new technology is important, but it does not mean that you must be an early adopter of all technologies. Rather, you should assess your organizational capacity for new technology and employees' proficiency in using and driving value before diving in. Once the decision is made for implementation, harness and tame the new technology, don't fear it! The main point/recommendation of today's listicle is to keep an open mind and five important reasons why. Want more information on procurement best practices? Sign up for Ardent Partners' Research Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eySWh2ms. #procurement #chiefprocurementofficer #technology #technologyadoption #procurementtech
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