CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part I)
The team here at CPO Rising is always particularly interested in the future of the spend management industry. It’s exciting to think of the new technologies, new solutions and new…
Meetings and Events Management: Technology Update, Q4 2013
Welcome to CPO Rising’s first installment of its technology update series on the meetings and events management space. These updates will highlight solution provider updates, acquisitions, updates to platforms, awards…
Where is the CWM Industry Headed?
It’s been said here frequently that the contingent workforce industry is rapidly-changing and evolving at such a rate that enterprises must consistently reevaluate their strategies for managing contract talent. New…
The Age of Agile Analytics in Contingent Workforce Management
While we’ve covered the rise of “Big Data” in the world of complex spend management, there is something deeper occurring in the comprehensive layers of contemporary contingent workforce management as…
The Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part III: The Evolving MSP
Welcome to the third article in a four-part series on the technology landscape within the Contingent Workforce Management industry, which looks at how the “next generation” of these solutions may…
The Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part II: As Cold As ICES
Welcome to the second article in a four-part series on the technological landscape within the CWM industry, which looks at how the “next generation” of these solutions may look by…
Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part I: The VMS of the Future
[Publisher's Note: As a reminder, our Contingent Workforce Management 2013 Survey is live. If you have a few minutes today, please consider taking it - you'll receive our appreciation and…
Big Data and Meetings / Events Management
On CPO Rising, we like to keep it interesting so we’ve tackled a variety of complex spend categories and how the concept of “Big Data” impacted core strategies, approaches and…
The Talent Wars: Why Talent Will Be the #1 Focus in Contingent Workforce Management
Quickly: name the three things your organization is focused on in regards to managing its contingent workforce program. Need some help? 1. Cost savings, right? Every company, no matter the…
Don’t Overlook Contract Talent Onboarding (and Offboarding)
[Publisher's note: Ardent’s Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer is here to talk about an issue that plagues even the best managers of Contingent Workforce Management programs across the world: onboarding…