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Payables Place First Thing: Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level
Zig Ziglar, famed American author and motivational speaker, once said “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” As AP organizations look... Read more
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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – June 14, 2018
Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and payables... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 301: Is Digital Transformation the Catalyst for the Future of Work?
Welcome to the season three premiere of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast! To celebrate the beginning of another season of the podcast, we tackle an interesting and thought-provoking question: is... Read more
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Last Chance to Download our Webinar, “How to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Operation”
About the Webinar Last month, Ardent Partners and Ivalua presented a highly interactive webinar that highlighted the key strategies needed to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Organization. After all, the proper... Read more
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The Consumerization of Procurement Technologies: A Hot Take on Some Hot Tech
In 2018, knowledge workers have arrived at an exciting juncture: a place where business and consumer technologies intersect with current procurement business technologies and emerging innovations. And it’s creating a... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: How Much Time is Too Much Time to Spend with Your Suppliers?
This is actually a trick question…the answer depends on what you are spending your time discussing when you are with your suppliers. This is one of the topics we queried... Read more
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At ISM 2018 in Nashville, the Kids were Alright
At the Institute for Supply Management’s 103rd annual conference in Nashville last month, I was invited to attend a panel discussion featuring five 30-under-30 Rising Supply Chain Stars. The 30-under-30 “Rising Supply Chain Stars”... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Steven Bowen, Founder and Chairman, Maine Pointe
Steven J. Bowen is an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in procurement, operations, and manufacturing consulting. In 2004, he founded Maine Pointe, a Boston-based procurement, logistics and... Read more
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The Real Value of Today’s Contingent Workforce
The world of work is changing. Transformational thinking is happening within today’s enterprises as the Future of Work, Gig Economy, and other market shifts are occurring. One of the most... Read more
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Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Seven: Proactive and Ongoing Supplier Outreach
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what you communicate during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never... Read more