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The Spring Cleaning Hit-List for Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer April 11, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

In celebration of the start of spring (unless you live in the Northeast, which has been stuck in a snow-covered, polar-vortex-fueled winter since after Thanksgiving), today’s CPO Rising article will…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (Coupa – April 10)

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…

On the Bubble

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

March Madness ended on Monday (yesterday, if you follow women's college basketball) and Monday's game, like many that I watched was very competitive and went down to the last minute,…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (IQNavigator – April 15)

By Andrew Bartolini April 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…

Rites of Spring (2014): Procurement’s “Annual Cleaning”

By Andrew Bartolini April 2, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Although it's still a little chilly in our neck of the wood (Boston), spring is officially upon us so, now is the time to move those sweaters to the bottom…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (Peoplefluent – April 8)

By Andrew Bartolini April 2, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Strategy

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (Hubwoo – April 9)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we'll share (and invite you to) our…

Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity

By Christopher Dwyer March 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Publisher's note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the "larger" themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP's announcement on Wednesday to acquire…

Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types…

Ariba LIVE 2014: Deutsche Bank’s “No Budget, No PO, No Pay” Plan

By Andrew Bartolini March 24, 2014Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The 15th annual Ariba LIVE conference was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas last week with a reported 2,200 procurement and finance professionals in attendance…