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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 236: A Conversation with Nathan Hirsch, Co-Founder and CEO of FreeeUp

By Christopher Dwyer April 11, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast (sponsored by ZeroChaos) features an in-depth discussion with the co-founder and CEO of online talent platform FreeeUp, Nathan Hirsch. Nathan…

A Conversation with Pierre-Francois Thaler, Co-CEO, EcoVadis

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 11, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners analyst and editor, Matthew York, recently sat down with Pierre-Francois Thaler, a procurement industry veteran with nearly 20 years of experience in the B2B and sustainable sourcing industry.…

The Prioritization of Soft Skills: Another Future of Work Avenue

By Christopher Dwyer April 10, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: This week is the last week to download Ardent's annual State of Contingent Workforce Management research study, written by our Research Director and VP of Research, Christopher J. Dwyer. Click to…

Webinar – CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence (Register Here!)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 9, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

On April 17th, join Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer of Ardent Partners and David Bush, chief revenue officer of SpendHQ, for a complimentary webinar on our annual CPO…

Payables Place First Thing: Top Strategies for P2P Success

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 6, 2018Articles, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Last week I presented on a webinar with Zycus entitled ‘Design Thinking: Top Strategies for P2P Success’. The webinar contained some excellent practical and useful information that I thought would make for…

Technology Round-Up – April 5, 2018

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 5, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 235: Listener Mailbag (April Edition)

By Christopher Dwyer April 4, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by ZeroChaos, is the monthly “listener mailbag” for April and highlights several fascinating concepts within the new world of…

Holistic Strategies and Approaches to Optimize P2P Operations and Performance

By Andrew Bartolini April 4, 2018Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Leveraging technology to drive business value is an important organizational capability and most procurement departments fare poorly in this regard. Best-in-Class procurement teams have differentiated themselves with superior performance across…

Some Guidance on How to Thrive in the New World of Work

By Christopher Dwyer April 3, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

What is the “new world of work”? Simply put, it is driven by not only the mindset behind how talent is engaged, sourced, and managed, but also (ultimately) how work…

Payables Place First Thing: AP Automation: Beyond Transactional Efficiency

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 30, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Throughout my career, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies looking to automate their Accounts Payable operations. Typically, the organizations are drowning in paper, suffering from manual, time-consuming, costly, error-prone processes…