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Three Questions Every CWM Program Director Must Ask Themselves in 2015

By Christopher Dwyer February 4, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about how the contingent workforce will continue to evolve in the year ahead? Make sure to join us on Tuesday, February 17 at 2pm for a…

Going Global: The Difficulties in Expanding Contingent Workforce Management Programs

By Christopher Dwyer February 2, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about how the contingent workforce will continue to evolve in the year ahead? Make sure to join us on Tuesday, February 17 at 2pm…

CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?

By Andrew Bartolini January 30, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 6) – The Rubber Hits the Road

By Andrew Bartolini January 27, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part III: Event Management

By Christopher Dwyer January 22, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

CPO Rising is excited to publish an interesting series of articles focused on the evolution of technology solutions and automated platforms within the greater spend management spectrum. In each article,…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 5) – Vendor Selection

By Andrew Bartolini January 20, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 4) – The RFP

By Andrew Bartolini January 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and…

Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part I: Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer January 12, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Rosslyn Analytics: Spend Analysis Meets Big Data

By Andrew Bartolini January 9, 2015Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher’s Note: Ardent Partners continues to increase its coverage of solution providers that serve our readership in the supply management market. In 2015, we will continue to accelerate our coverage…

Four Best-in-Class Ways to “Connect the Dots” and Improve Sourcing Results in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini January 7, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past couple of months, we have been featuring analysis from our recent report, The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers…