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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…

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,…

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…

Digging into the Data: Big Data’s Emergence into Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 27, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Strategy

We’ve all heard the term “Big Data” and its effects on how the modern organization conducts its business. The story is as follows: the typical company sits on a veritable…

Where Can Travel and Expense Go? (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer June 19, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

A few weeks ago, we published posted my first article on the travel and expense management category. Click here to check out the first entry of this brief, two-part series.…

Total Talent Management: Revolutionary Concept…or Impossible Strategy?

By Christopher Dwyer June 12, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Strategy

For those of you eager for more sourcing, procurement, and technology articles, don't worry, Andrew has been building a backlog of articles ahead of what he's calling the "Summer of…

An Intro to Marketing and Print Spend Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 11, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

There are many reasons why "complex spend management" (sometimes called complex category management or services procurement) has been the focus of my professional career and, why CPO Rising devotes significant…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 4

By Christopher Dwyer May 28, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

By now, you’ve probably our series of “13 for 2013” articles on best practices in the world of contingent workforce management. If you've missed it, check out Parts One, Two…