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Procurement’s Love Affair with Blockchain: Built to Last, or Destined to Fail?
In mid-2019, it should be no secret that Blockchain distributed ledger technology is disrupting the business world across the board (if you’ve been asleep since 2016 and are just waking... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 404: Listener Mailbag Edition for July
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode tackles topics such as diversity and inclusion, the human elements of the Future of Work, a... Read more
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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — July 17, 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... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Myths…Debunked
With non-employee workers (including freelancers, temporary workers, SOW-based labor and contractors) comprising more and more of the average company’s total workforce, the current perception of contingent workforce management is sometimes... Read more
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Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality
Here’s a great interview staring Ardent Partners’ Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ’s Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence... Read more
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AP’s Plan for 2019: Boost the Insights, Lose the Paper
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] A modern AP operation can differentiate itself from historical iterations by executing... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 403: A Discussion with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions
This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions. Paul and I discuss why... Read more
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Six Strategies to Manage Supplier and Third-Party Risk
Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than... Read more
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The Human Capital Management Strategies That Will Transform Contingent Workforce Management
Over five years ago, Ardent’s research discovered that the contingent workforce market was becoming more “talent-led” than “commodity-led,” translating into the need for contingent workforce management (CWM) programs to effectively... Read more