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What’s Vital to Contingent Workforce Management Programs Today?

By Christopher Dwyer June 13, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Contingent workforce management programs (CWM) today must rely on a series of linked, holistic processes and capabilities that can enable proper control over engagement and management of non-employee talent. As…

ISM 2017 Round-Up: Top Five Highlights from Orlando

By Andrew Bartolini May 30, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Andrew Bartolini and I had the great pleasure of attending the Institute for Supply Management’s 102nd annual conference in sunny (and muggy) Orlando, Florida. The four-day event featured…

Ardent Partners Announces The CPO Rising 2017 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is absolutely thrilled to announce the dates and times of its CPO Rising 2017 Summit. Over the next few weeks, we will be making a series…

Three Essential Resources for Effective Supply Risk Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 12, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Anyone who has ever worked on a "watch floor" or in a security operations center will know that information management is the backbone of any successful risk management operation (for those…

Three MORE Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars… We have an exclusive event…

Six Strategies to Expand Commercial Card Programs

By Andrew Bartolini May 8, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Leading organizations know that in order to maintain market share and market relevance, they must find strong trading partners with shared or aligned interests and develop a coalition of willing…

Opportunities for Direct Materials eSourcing

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

At this year’s SAP Ariba Live, SAP Ariba announced that they are making a strategic push into direct materials management, among other things, in an effort to expand their solution footprint,…

What Will it Take to Get AP to the “Next Level” of Performance?

By Andrew Bartolini April 25, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

In the past, the role of the AP operation focused primarily on data entry and manual activities. But that is changing - today, there is a great opportunity for AP…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 136: Four Things Your CWM Program Needs to Do in 2017

By Christopher Dwyer April 12, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This week’s new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Shiftgig, is an interesting discussion of the four things every contingent workforce management (CWM) program should spearhead in…

Three Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility – Part Three

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2017Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars... We have an exclusive event…