Technology Round-Up — April 10, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Innovation: The Foundation of the Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Program
There are several key factors that determine whether a contingent workforce management (CWM) program is successful: is it a truly value-add initiative? Does it regularly impact bottom-line savings? Does the…
Monday First Thing: Managing Strategic Suppliers
I attended SAP Ariba LIVE last week and an interesting issue arose related to supplier relationship management as well as a business stakeholder's ability to identify and properly partner with…
Four Reasons to be Bullish on the Economy in 2019
Last month, I recalled a recent meeting with a real estate agent in which he challenged the popular (although paradoxically, also unpopular) opinion that the U.S. and or global economy…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (2)
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…
Future of Work Influencer Series: John Healy, Vice President and Managing Director, Office of the Future of Work, Kelly Services
Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting new series will be a…
Monday First Thing: Early Excerpts from CPO Rising 2019
We're hard at at work on our 14th Annual CPO Rising Research Report and expect to publish it shortly. As I noted earlier in the year, it is Ardent's view…
The AP Metrics that Matter in 2019: Contested Payments
Where does the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) process begin? The answer probably depends on who you ask. Some will say sourcing is the starting point, others will say procurement, and still others…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
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…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 333: A Future of Work Lesson from the Seattle Mariners
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week, we discuss an interesting example of employee empowerment happening in the world of professional…