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How Mid-Market Enterprises Should Evaluate ePayables Solutions
When it comes to selecting the right ePayables solution to automate the accounting function, there are certain factors that are going to be more important to a mid-market enterprise (MME)... Read more
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A Brief History of Contingent Workforce Management
As an interlude to our ongoing “13 for 2013” series of best practices in contingent workforce management (click for Part One, Part Two, Part Three), I wanted to discuss something... Read more
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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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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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Payer Beware: The EU’s New Rules about Vendor Payments
During the tough days of the global recession, extending vendor payment terms became very popular in the halls of procurement and finance. In fact, this became an area that brought... Read more
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Concur Fusion 2013 – The Next 20 Years of Business Travel
Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur’s annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a... Read more
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eInvoicing in the EU: Five Things You Should Know
Editor’s note: We understand that this article may not seem wholly relevant to the procurement professionals who comprise a majority of our readership at CPO Rising; but it is our... Read more








