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AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part II)

By Andrew Bartolini September 21, 2016Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Today's article, which will examine several opportunities that exist for AP to help quench treasury’s thirst for liquidity, is a continuation or Part 2 of this article from last week. The…

Contingent Workforce Management Strategy and the “Great Divide” Between Procurement and HR

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its new Contingent Workforce Management Strategy Guide (available for download here or here), a new research study that takes a deep…

The Future of Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 19, 2016Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Catching up on a few older articles that we didn't publish this summer..... At the Institute for Supply Management’s 101st annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, friend of the site, Mickey North Rizza,…

Procurement Influencer Series: Rob Bernshteyn of Coupa Part II

By Andrew Bartolini September 16, 2016Articles, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's note: It should be noted that late last week, Coupa filed a Form S-1 with the SEC that begins its formal plans to conduct an IPO. This is big industry news.…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – Supply Risk Management

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 15, 2016Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Is Blockchain a “Future of Work” Gamechanger?

By Christopher Dwyer September 14, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Innovation within the business world is now an accepted attribute. It does not surprise many professionals within the realm of procurement, human resources, finance, or other key functions when new…

AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part I)

By Andrew Bartolini September 13, 2016Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Not Your Father's Treasury Department The finance department in many enterprises has an unofficial hierarchy among functions. Near the top is the corporate treasury team, which is tasked with ensuring…

Chris Shanahan: A Profile of a Transformation Procurement Leader – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini September 12, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

Like many procurement professionals, Chris Shanahan, who is the Senior Vice President of Global Procurement at Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology provider, sort of “fell” into the space.…

Procurement Influencer Series: Rob Bernshteyn of Coupa Part I

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2016Articles, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: The Ardent Partners family has grown by one with the birth of Jackson Robert York, born yesterday to CPO Rising's tireless editor, Matt York, and his wife Renee.…

The 2016 Contingent Workforce Management Fantasy Draft

By Christopher Dwyer September 8, 2016Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

For nearly the past seven months, the sports world (Publisher's note: Chris means the US' sports world) has been without perhaps its most popular pastime. Now that the NFL season…