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Contingent Workforce Management Strategy and the “Great Divide” Between Procurement and HR
Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its new Contingent Workforce Management Strategy Guide (available for download here or here), a new research study that takes a deep... Read more
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The Future of Supply Risk Management
Catching up on a few older articles that we didn’t publish this summer….. At the Institute for Supply Management’s 101st annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, friend of the site, Mickey North Rizza,... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Rob Bernshteyn of Coupa Part II
Publisher’s note: It should be noted that late last week, Coupa filed a Form S-1 with the SEC that begins its formal plans to conduct an IPO. This is big industry news.... Read more
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How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supply Risk Management
In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –... Read more
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Is Blockchain a “Future of Work” Gamechanger?
Innovation within the business world is now an accepted attribute. It does not surprise many professionals within the realm of procurement, human resources, finance, or other key functions when new... Read more
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AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part I)
Not Your Father’s Treasury Department The finance department in many enterprises has an unofficial hierarchy among functions. Near the top is the corporate treasury team, which is tasked with ensuring... Read more
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Chris Shanahan: A Profile of a Transformation Procurement Leader – Part II
Like many procurement professionals, Chris Shanahan, who is the Senior Vice President of Global Procurement at Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology provider, sort of “fell” into the space.... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Rob Bernshteyn of Coupa Part I
Publisher’s Note: The Ardent Partners family has grown by one with the birth of Jackson Robert York, born yesterday to CPO Rising’s tireless editor, Matt York, and his wife Renee.... Read more
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The 2016 Contingent Workforce Management Fantasy Draft
For nearly the past seven months, the sports world (Publisher’s note: Chris means the US’ sports world) has been without perhaps its most popular pastime. Now that the NFL season... Read more
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Webinar! Transforming Accounts Payable for the 21st Century
Several layers of today’s accounts payable (“AP”) function have gone unnoticed in recent years. As modern organizations continue to look internally for competitive advantages, they will soon realize that taking... Read more