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The Pandemic’s Impact on AP Operations
[Editor’s Note: Ardent released its 15th annual “State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge” market research report. Click to get your copy.] Last week we took... Read more
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Why Direct Sourcing is Your Key to Better Talent…Even Today
Back in January, I had a discussion with a human resources (HR) executive who also held the main responsibility for managing her company’s contingent workforce management (CWM) program. The topic... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 505: Why Businesses Must Balance Short- and Long-Term Workforce Planning
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode highlights the importance of balancing short- and long-term workforce planning, the reality of contingent workforce growth... Read more
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Overall Business Operations
[Editor’s Note: Ardent released its 15th annual “State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge” market research report. Click to get your copy.] As the COVID-19 pandemic... Read more
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How to Transform Vendor Performance through Innovative Contract Management (NEW WEBINAR)
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini is pleased to present a new webinar “Transforming Vendor Performance through Innovative Contract Management” next Wednesday, July 22nd @ 11... Read more
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AP’s Paper Habit Has Left It Exposed
Right now we are all facing something unprecedented and unplanned for, and recent events have left many accounts payable (“AP”) departments scrambling to adjust and adapt. Mandatory closing of non-essential... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 504: A Conversation with Praneeth Patlola, CEO of WillHire
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode features a conversation with Praneeth Patlola, CEO of WillHire. Praneeth and I discuss why direct sourcing... Read more
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The Reality of Contingent Workforce Growth in 2020 (Part II)
“Pre-pandemic, nearly 43% of the average company’s workforce was considered contingent; in mid- and post-pandemic times, that figure could experience another increase, depending on several factors: the trajectory of economic... Read more
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Throwback Thursday – CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda
Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. After several years of focusing on the importance of procurement... Read more
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The Key Criteria for Supply Management Solution Selection
Earlier this year, Ardent conducted its yearly procurement benchmark study, CPO Rising, on the current trends in procurement people, processes, technologies, goals, strategies, and challenges. The recent release of The... Read more