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The Compliance Management Checklist: Some Final Thoughts
By now, you may have read all or a few articles of our five-part “Compliance Management Checklist” series here at CPO Rising (if you missed any, click here to check... Read more
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Announcing the Next “State” of Contingent Workforce Management
Editor’s Note: Ardent’s resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and research director, Christopher Dwyer, is set to launch the exciting next iteration of his annual State of Contingent Workforce Management... Read more
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A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”
[A note from the editor: Last week, Andrew posed the question – How Do You Define Spend Under Management? – and invited others to offer up their answers because we... Read more
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Beeline / OnForce Merger Signals Another Shift in the Contingent Workforce Management Industry
Yesterday, Beeline, provider of Vendor Management System (VMS) software, announced that its parent company, Adecco Group, has acquired contractor / freelance management solution OnForce. The acquisition will place OnForce’s freelancer... Read more
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Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the... Read more
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The Compliance Management Checklist, Part V: Amendment Best Practices
Welcome to the final article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of... Read more
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ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and... Read more
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The Compliance Management Checklist, Part IV: Supply Risk Management
Welcome to the fourth article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of... Read more
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How Do You Define Spend Under Management?
Before starting today’s article, I’d like to welcome all readers to join the Ardent Partners Supply Management Research Group on LinkedIn by clicking here. Joining this group is one new... Read more
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GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (II)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,... Read more