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Contingent Workforce Management Strategy and the “Great Divide” Between Procurement and HR

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

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…

Is Blockchain a “Future of Work” Gamechanger?

By Christopher Dwyer September 14, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

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…

The 2016 Contingent Workforce Management Fantasy Draft

By Christopher Dwyer September 8, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Webinar! Transforming Accounts Payable for the 21st Century

By Christopher Dwyer September 7, 2016Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

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…

How Will the “Gig Economy” Impact Procurement in 2017?

By Christopher Dwyer August 31, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

The procurement function has experienced first-hand business evolution across a variety of attributes, from technology and innovation to the emergence of data-driven strategies. Today’s procurement professionals have the opportunity to…

CWM Technology in the Age of Innovation

By Christopher Dwyer August 24, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Please note that my Contingent Workforce Weekly Podcast will return on the first Wednesday after Labor Day. As a reminder, Contingent Workforce Weekly is a new weekly podcast that will tackle a variety of…

Announcing the Fourth Annual “State of Contingent Workforce Management” Research Study

By Christopher Dwyer August 18, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

For more than a decade, Ardent’s analyst team has tracked the progression and evolution of the contingent workforce, from its significance as a complex spend category to the burgeoning business force…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 113: Why Intelligence Is Critical to the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer August 17, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, hosted by me -- Ardent Partners’ research director, Christopher J. Dwyer. Episode 113 recaps the “gig economy” listener mailbag and…

The Real Impact of the Non-Employee Workforce and the Gig Economy

By Christopher Dwyer August 15, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

Editor’s Note: Catch up on the latest technology trends in the contingent workforce management space: download Ardent’s Contingent Workforce Management: 2016 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report by clicking here. Innovation…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 112: Listener Mailbag (Gig Economy Edition)

By Christopher Dwyer August 10, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, host Christopher Dwyer answers listener questions about the “gig economy” and discusses why professionals across various business functions,…