AP’s Evolving Role in Cash Management
From hard coinage to electronic funds, cash has been the basic building block of business success for centuries. Cash allows enterprises to pay employees, fulfill debt obligations, invest in new…
Technology Round-Up – October 19, 2017
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…
The Path to Total Workforce Management, Part I: Total Talent Intelligence
Traditional approaches to work and managing the modern workforce are becoming less impactful and will eventually become obsolete. Today’s global market feeds on agility, flexibility, and innovation; enterprise programs related…
Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Walter Charles of Biogen
Walter Charles III is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Biogen. As the article below highlights, he is also a highly-successful innovator who has consistently over-delivered in every procurement role that…
Procurement Influencer Series: Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ – Part I
Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Tom Beaty, CEO of Insight Sourcing Group & SpendHQ. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity…
Supplier Performance and Risk Management – Bosom Buddies
Ardent Partners research consistently finds that suppliers will remain a top focus for Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and their procurement organizations over the next three years. This makes sense since…
Technology Round-Up – October 12, 2017
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 217: The Agility Episode
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s main topic of discussion is business agility and how today, more than ever before, enterprises are striving…
Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2017! Introducing Chris Shanahan of BD – Part II
I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at BD for nearly a decade, and I am beyond thrilled to welcome him to Boston in November as one of our keynote speakers…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 216: The Link Between Contingent Workforce Management and the Future of Work
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast not only teases some early research findings from the upcoming State of Contingent Workforce Management 2017-2018 research study, but also…