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Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity
[Publisher’s note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the “larger” themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP’s announcement on Wednesday to acquire... Read more
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Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass
Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types... Read more
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Ariba LIVE 2014: Deutsche Bank’s “No Budget, No PO, No Pay” Plan
The 15th annual Ariba LIVE conference was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas last week with a reported 2,200 procurement and finance professionals in attendance... Read more
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Procure-to-Pay Metrics that Matter
The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we’ve noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to creating value throughout... Read more
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The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management
From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In... Read more
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What Every Executive Should Know About Business Networks
This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study – click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final... Read more
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Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments
For any AP/Finance/Procurement/Shared Service professionals that enjoy our articles, please take a few minutes to share your insights by participating in our 2014 AP survey. Participants will receive the full... Read more
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“We have no specific procurement goals.”
In the early days of the firm, I did a regional tour to visit different procurement organizations to get their feedback on my plans for CPO Rising and Ardent Partners.... Read more
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Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part V: Best-in-Class Programs
[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners’ landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent... Read more
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Procurement’s Evolution, Part III: Convergence With Marketing
Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise... Read more