Business or Sourcing: What Skills Do CPOs Want More?
September is Sourcing month on CPO Rising and so, we continue today with Part Two in a series that considers the question posed in the article title (Part One is…
Business or Sourcing: What Skill Sets Does Your CPO Value Most?
I'm working on our 2014 State of Strategic Sourcing report set to publish at the end of the month, so sourcing is top of mind and a major theme on…
Why 2015 Will Be a Critical Year for Events Management
Enterprises have been conducting conferences, meetings, and events for decades with the purpose of driving revenue, improving customer relationships, boosting training efforts, and reaching new audiences and communities. The industry…
The SMB’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management, Part II: The Action Items
CPO Rising has been a central source of contingent workforce management (CWM) knowledge and thought leadership for well over a year, and, in that time, we’ve written about a vast…
The SMB’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management, Part I: The Groundwork
CPO Rising has been a central source of contingent workforce management (CWM) knowledge and thought leadership for well over a year, and, in that time, we’ve written about a vast…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Cash Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. I called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
The State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Guidebook for 2015
Editor’s Note: Ardent’s resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and research director, Christopher Dwyer, is set to launch the exciting next iteration of his annual State of Contingent Workforce Management…
Three Talent Management Capabilities That Matter
A recurring theme within the scope of the modern contingent workforce program is “talent first.” With more and more freelance, contract, and non-traditional talent holding the skill sets required for…
The Compliance Management Checklist: Some Final Thoughts
By now, you may have read all or a few articles of our five-part “Compliance Management Checklist” series here at CPO Rising (if you missed any, click here to check…
A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”
[A note from the editor: Last week, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - and invited others to offer up their answers because we…