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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…

The CPO’s View: Six Strategies to Engage the CFO

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Forces are combining to align procurement and finance. For example, the evolution and expansion of the CFO and Chief Procurement Officer roles have served to bring these two leaders and…

A Modern View of Supply Management… and a Look into the Future

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2013Articles, Events, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

The “Summer of Sourcing” officially commences! With the temperatures rising across the country, there may be no better time to enjoy the air-conditioned paradise of your office than this upcoming…

The CPO – CFO Alliance

By Andrew Bartolini June 28, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Strategy

“The CFO-CPO relationship might be the most important relationship that exists or needs to exist within the enterprise.”– John Paterson, Chief Procurement Officer, IBM We agree with John and that's…

A Contemporary Take on Sell-Side Contract Lifecycle Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 3, 2013Articles, Events, General, Process1 Comment

Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team traveled en masse to AribaLIVE, Ariba’s annual event that brings together 2,000 of its customers, prospects, staffers, and partners, plus a who's who…

CPO Shop Talk: SAPPHIRE 2013 Edition

By Andrew Bartolini May 24, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Through a scheduling blunder (not my only of the season), I was a virtual attendee of this year's SAPPHIRE NOW & ASUG 2013 conference held last week in Orlando. With…

Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers

When I last spoke with "friend of the site," Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement ("CPO") at Rio Tinto…

Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors,…

Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer May 9, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Strategy

Having just returned from one of our industry's biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a…

Concur Fusion 2013 – The Next 20 Years of Business Travel

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur's annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a…