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Three Talent Management Capabilities That Matter
A recurring theme within the scope of the modern contingent workforce program is “talent first.” With more and more freelance, contract, and non-traditional talent holding the skill sets required for... Read more
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Nipendo Offers Plug-and-Play Supplier Cloud; Connects Partners with New Communities
Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means... Read more
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A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”
[A note from the editor: Last week, Andrew posed the question – How Do You Define Spend Under Management? – and invited others to offer up their answers because we... Read more
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Beeline / OnForce Merger Signals Another Shift in the Contingent Workforce Management Industry
Yesterday, Beeline, provider of Vendor Management System (VMS) software, announced that its parent company, Adecco Group, has acquired contractor / freelance management solution OnForce. The acquisition will place OnForce’s freelancer... Read more
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Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the... Read more
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ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and... Read more
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GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (II)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,... Read more
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GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (I)
In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,... Read more
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ePayables 2014: Top 3 Roadblocks to Cost-Savings in Accounts Payable
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and... Read more
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CPO News – July 28, 2014
Former Boeing Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Ten days ago, former Boeing procurement officer, Deon Anderson, 47 of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of federal procurement fraud, including... Read more