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Ardent Partners is a research and advisory firm focused on defining, advancing, and promoting the supply management strategies, processes, and technologies that drive business value and accelerate organizational transformation within the enterprise.

Ardent Partners actively covers the supply management solutions marketplace and produces research to help business decision-makers understand the technology landscape and identify the best-fit solution(s) for their specific needs. We believe our team’s first-hand experience evaluating, developing, packaging, deploying, and using supply management solutions on behalf of enterprises in the Global 2000 and public sector makes us eminently qualified to advise our clients to make smart decisions in this area.

We aspire to be the preeminent source of supply management expertise and thought leadership for solution providers and practitioners alike.

Quick Facts

Founded April, 2010

Based in Boston, MA

Managing Partner & Chief Research Officer: Andrew Bartolini

Business process focus: the “source-to-settle” process

Business function focus: sourcing, procurement, supply management, accounts payable, and business travel

Business strategy focus: solution selection, technology adoption and optimization, organizational design and transformation, SRM, and complex strategic issues.

Technology focus: spend analysis, eSourcing, contract management, eProcurement, ePayables, commercial cards, complex category management, outsourcing, supply risk management, supplier information management

Provides services for supply management (procurement and accounts payable) organizations and supply management solution providers

Ardent Partners: Supply Management Experts