
Welcome to the monthly “listener mailbag” edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. Topics discussed this month include Upwork’s recent IPO, the role of quantum computing in the Future of…
CPO RISING – THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Welcome to the monthly “listener mailbag” edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. Topics discussed this month include Upwork’s recent IPO, the role of quantum computing in the Future of…

Hi there – Our third-annual procurement executive symposium, CPO Rising 2018: the Age of Intelligence, is just two weeks away. For Day 1, alone, my team and I have recruited…

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and…

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer to CPO Rising 2018. He will host an Expert Roundtable…
What do early payment discounts and the ‘Time Value of Money’ have to do with one another? In a word, everything. If you’re in Accounts Payable (“AP”) or P2P, you…

Earlier this week, Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), the San Francisco-based spend management solutions provider, informed us that it has purchased Cincinnati-based Aquiire, the real-time procure-to-pay (P2P) and supplier management solution provider (formerly known as Vinimaya) for an undisclosed sum. Ardent Partners…
[Editor’s Note: Join us Thursday, October 25 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation on procurement’s evolving role in strategic category management entitled “Strategic Category Management: The Keys to…

This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features an exciting “sneak peek” of the upcoming State of Contingent Workforce Management 2018-2019 research study, which is set for…
We think the CPO Rising Summit is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded, career-driven procurement executives, share best practices, and help us all continue to push the profession forward. We’re…
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