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13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process

Ardent's Research Director and complex category guru, Chris Dwyer, kicks off the week with the first in a series of articles highlighting the best practices in contingent workforce management. Welcome…

How Procurement Can Transform Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 5, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Today, another article from Christopher Dwyer Research Director and VP of Operations @ Ardent Partners. As many of you well know, Chris has been an industry analyst for the past…

The Business Network Landscape: Industries (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Given the overall market interest in B2B/business networks, we decided to publish a series that looks at the different types of networks. We started in Part 1 of this series…

The Business Network Landscape: Europe (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Vishal Patel is co-author of today’s article Ardent Partners defines a B2B or Business network as a web-based platform that enables interconnected buyers and sellers to trade, communicate, and/or collaborate…

The Next Wave of Events Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy1 Comment

New Research Director at Ardent Partners and even newer father, Chris Dwyer is back this time to discuss another complex category of spend - Events Management. The Next Wave of…

Rise of the Machines: The Five Technologies That Will Disrupt Procurement’s World

By Andrew Bartolini March 20, 2013Articles, Events, General, Technology

So, Ardent Partners is putting on a show, a virtual show or webinar that is. In fact, many of you have already noticed our new page and promotion - "Featured…

A Primer for Contemporary Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 18, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

I'm pleased to introduce you to Ardent Partners' newest analyst and contributor to CPO Rising - Christopher Dwyer who joins us as a Research Director and VP of Operations. Chris…

CPO Shop Talk (1) Supply Risk (2) More Supply Risk (3) Featured Webinar

By Andrew Bartolini March 15, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

After taking 2012 off, the series "CPO Shop Talk" is back. This is the series where, from time to time, we will attempt to share some of the less-formal conversations…

Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a…

Keeping Score

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Even the Chief Procurement Officers who focus almost solely on savings realize that procurement can deliver value across a wide range of areas. To misquote Vince Lombardi, "Savings isn't everything....…