Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle the big issues we were all facing and continue to face as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As a special treat for all our readers, Ardent is excited to present the recorded sessions from that Virtual Series.

The pandemic has hit the workforce hardest, forcing tens of thousands of businesses to shut down operations, furlough or lay off employees, and rethink its staffing for the future. This session discussed how vital contingent labor will be during these challenging times, as well as the strategies businesses could leverage to plan for both the short- and long-term. Highlights included:

• “Agility has been lauded as way to stay ahead of the curve; we need to be dynamic in how we respond to global market pressures. Well, one of the worst possible challenges has come to bear, and, agility isn’t just a “nice to have strategy,” it’s needed for survival.”
• “What’s realistic for us? What can we deliver? What can we support given what’s happening? Businesses must, if they can, reimagine their current product and service offerings to align with what the greater market needs right now.”
• “Remote work has incredible value and has been a “choice” for businesses before all of this happened. Today, it’s a necessary approach to survive in a period of time when social distancing and sheltering-in-place are so rampant.”

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