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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 303: Listener Mailbag (June Edition)

By Christopher Dwyer June 27, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s podcast is another “listener mailbag” edition, in which we discuss: The “digital transformation” journey and the role…

Spend Data: The “Black Gold” That Sits Within Every Enterprise

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving business world, information is king. Many corporate strategies, whether created in the executive boardroom or by the professionals running day-to-day operations, are often fueled…

Contract Management Solutions: Innovation Drives Collaboration in Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini June 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Technology innovation has brought new life to old processes and tools that are familiar to many procurement departments, like contract management. Manual, paper-based processes are out, while automated, digitized systems…

A New Era of Work Optimization: A Foundation for the Future of Work

By Christopher Dwyer June 25, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a small slice of the new Future of Work Compendium research study. The new report was developed to serve as a “guidebook” for those organizations…

Payables Place First Thing: Exceptions are Meant for Learning, Not Repeating

By Andrew Bartolini June 22, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging…

Technology Round-Up – June 21, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 302: A Conversation with Sean Ring, Founder and CRO of Fulcrum

By Christopher Dwyer June 20, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, General

Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s edition features a discussion with Sean Ring, founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Fulcrum. Sean and I…

Here’s How Procurement can Increase its Intelligence with Smarter Platforms (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Learn how best-in-class procurement organizations are leveraging cloud technology ecosystems to turn data into intelligence…and competitiveness. Join Ardent Partners, along with Determine and Tradeshift, on Wednesday, June 27 at 11:00 am…

Payables Place First Thing: Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level

By Andrew Bartolini June 15, 2018Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Zig Ziglar, famed American author and motivational speaker, once said “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” As AP organizations look…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – June 14, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini June 14, 2018Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and payables…