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Procurement Teams in 2019: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes an excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300 CPOs... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Evolution of the Business Network
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Risk Management
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities... Read more
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The Talent-Led Strategies that Will Transform Contingent Workforce Management
Over the past several years, Ardent’s research has shown that the contingent workforce market was becoming more “talent-led” than “commodity-led,” translating into the need for contingent workforce management (CWM) programs... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The 2019 State of ePayables Market Research Report is Now Available!
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here or registering below.] I am excited to announce the... Read more
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Driving Sustainability Intelligence with EcoVadis 10 and Beyond
Members of Ardent Partners’ analyst team recently took a briefing from the product marketing team at EcoVadis, a Paris- and New York-based provider of corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating services for procurement and... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 340: Season Finale (A Look Back on Season Three)
Welcome to the season three finale of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week’s episode is a look back on things that we’ve learned over the past... Read more
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The Link Between SOW/Services Procurement and the Future of Work
The realm of “contingent labor” includes three distinct categories: traditional temporary labor (via staffing suppliers and vendors), “self-sourced” / “directly-sourced” talent, such as independent contractors and freelancers, and “complex contingent... Read more
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Monday First Thing: House of Procurement (Part 3) – Performance Measurement
By now, many of you have read our 14th annual CPO Rising 2019 report. If you haven’t, it is only available for a few more days so… –> click here... Read more