Key Fraud Risks across Procurement Phases (Courtesy of the UN)
[Editor's Note: With 140 heads of state in New York City this week attending the annual United Nations General Assembly, and with us being on a procurement fraud kick lately,…
The Trends (and Benefits) of Solution Suite Adoption: CPOs Take Notice
Ardent Partners has been tracking the supply management solution provider market, as well as the strategies, processes, and behaviors of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), their teams, and end users for…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 114: CWM Fantasy Draft
Welcome back to the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode, sponsored by ZeroChaos, recaps CPO Rising’s 2016 “Contingent Workforce Management” Fantasy Football draft, discusses some recent industry news (including…
AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part II)
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
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
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
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
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?
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)
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…