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Don’t Overlook Contract Talent Onboarding (and Offboarding)

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

[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…

Mobility and Complex Spend Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer September 16, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The first article in this two-part series highlighted the growing rise of mobile applications and solutions within the greater framework of complex spend management. Earlier, we discussed how mobile apps…

A Collaborative Approach to Event Management

By Christopher Dwyer August 27, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Business travel and corporate meetings/events are two of the largest expenditures for the average enterprise, and while procurement organizations often find the good ways to reduce costs within these two…

The Perfect Storm of Non-Traditional Talent

By Christopher Dwyer August 21, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

“Talent” is a word that reflects a wide range of priorities within the modern business world. Some enterprises consider talent to be the most crucial aspect of their greater organization,…

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use?

By Christopher Dwyer August 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use? That is the question.... Frequent readers of CPO Rising will have noticed a common theme running throughout my articles focused on contingent workforce…

How Are We Doing? Five Questions to Evaluate Your CWM Program

By Christopher Dwyer August 14, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

CPO Rising often presents content that addresses a wide variety of supply management concerns beyond the "core" or more traditional areas. As Chief Procurement Officers place more spend under management,…

Mobility and Complex Category Management (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer August 2, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In the procurement and supply management world, buzzwords come-and-go every year. Some of these fresh happenings represent a true change in the business world, while others fizzle out as their…

Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part II

By Christopher Dwyer July 31, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Our “Summer of Sourcing” is picking up steam, we hope you’re enjoying it. The research today is based upon our analysis performed for the State of Strategic Sourcing 2013 report…

The Future of Contingent Workforce Management: Where Can We Go?

By Christopher Dwyer July 26, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Strategy

This article is a teaser of an upcoming webcast by Ardent Partners analyst and director, Christopher J. Dwyer. Join him as part of HR.com’s Contract Talent and Workforce Exchange virtual…

Digging into the Data: Big Data and Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer July 10, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In all of my years as an industry analyst, the last few have been especially exciting mainly due to the average organization’s willingness to adopt business intelligence, reporting and analytics…