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Next-Gen CWM Analytics: VMS and the Path to True Intelligence

By Christopher Dwyer October 10, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

Ardent Partners has identified the components to “agile analytics” within a contingent workforce management (CWM) program, a concept that builds upon the foundation of business intelligence (BI) and applies its…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – eProcurement

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Dispatch from IBM Empower 2016

By Andrew Bartolini October 6, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent's analysts attend dozens of conferences each year. Typically our coverage of an event lags the event by days (and sometimes, unavoidably, by weeks), but our research objective/goal is not…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 116: State of Contingent Workforce Management Report Preview

By Christopher Dwyer October 5, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another edition of the Ardent Partners and CPO Rising podcast, Continent Workforce Weekly. This week’s episode, sponsored by ZeroChaos, highlights some early research findings from the upcoming State…

Innovation Continues to Drive the Evolution of Procurement Technology (Report Preview!)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 4, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Ardent Partners’ latest and greatest technology-focused research, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report! Click here to download, has published and is now available to download. Click here to get your…

The Trends (and Benefits) of Cloud-Based Technology Adoption: CPOs Take Notice

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 3, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategy, Technology

As we discussed in our latest report, Cloud-based solutions are revolutionizing the way that enterprises conduct business. These web-based versions of common business tools, like analytics or document management tools,…

Bridging the Procurement-HR Gap in Managing “Services Procurement”

By Christopher Dwyer September 30, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

"You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes." As procurement continues to gain traction within the enterprise and manage more spend, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams must become stronger…

Announcing the Sourcing and Procurement: 2016-2017 Tech and Innovation Outlook Report!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 29, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Hot off the presses! Get your hands on Ardent Partners' latest and greatest technology-focused research, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report! Click here to download (registration required). The business world…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 115: Game-changing Innovations

By Christopher Dwyer September 28, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, People, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by ZeroChaos. Episode 115 of our weekly podcast highlights the "gamechanging" innovations in the non-employee workforce industry that are…

Next-Gen CMW Analytics – A Series Introduction

By Christopher Dwyer September 28, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

The most interesting aspect regarding the current state of the typical contingent workforce is how the “contingent workforce umbrella” has transformed a once-underutilized strategy into a dominant corporate force. It…