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Future Shock: Disruptive Technologies on Procurement’s Horizon
From our cars to our homes to our computers, new and innovative technologies are changing the way we do almost everything. That change is coming to procurement and the impact... Read more
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13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 3
For those of you who missed the early installments of our “13 for 2013” series on contingent workforce management, I invite you to check out Part One and Part Two.... Read more
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Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu
When I last spoke with “friend of the site,” Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement (“CPO”) at Rio Tinto... Read more
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Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under
Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors,... Read more
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Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management
Having just returned from one of our industry’s biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a... Read more
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CPO News – May 6, 2013
CPOs on the Rise From “CPO” to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief... Read more
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InSEPArable – Payments across the Eurozone
Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of... Read more
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The Independent Contractor Conundrum
During the course of my many years as an industry analyst, I’ve frequently come across organizations that point to the utilization of independent contractors (those “faceless workers” that are all... Read more
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Procurement Today: Are You Top Tier?
In the contemporary procurement world, the typical CPO strives to drive value to the procurement organization via a multitude of strategies, solutions, and core competencies. During last month’s webinar, Procurement... Read more
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Where Can Travel and Expense Management Go? (Part I)
On the heels of the Concur Fusion conference (discussed here by Andrew), I thought it would make sense to look at travel and expense management more closely. It was sometime... Read more
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