What Can Procurement Execs Learn from “Game of Thrones”?
“Knowledge is a weapon…arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.” From A Storm of Swords, book four of in the A Song of Fire and Ice series It’s…
CPO Rising’s 2015 Hot Tech Prospect – Work Market
This week, Ardent Partners unveils its second annual list of “CPO Rising Hot Tech Prospects” where we introduce and analyze the hot new prospects in the supply management technology market for…
Two Days With Beeline and the Future of the Extended Workforce
[Editor’s note: Last week, resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, joined Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Beeline for their annual user conference…
The True Impact of Procurement on Contingent Workforce Management
CPO Rising has, for quite some time, featured content that speaks to the growing role of procurement in managing the contemporary contingent workforce. Ardent Partners’ landmark State of Contingent Workforce…
The Transformation of Today’s Non-Employee Workforce
[Editor’s note: Today’s article previously appeared in the May issue of HRO Today under the title of “Catalysts of Change.” We are republishing it here for those CPO Rising readers…
How Can Enterprises Sustain High Business Traveler Morale?
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article was developed from an interview with resident Ardent Partners business travel / expense management expert, Christopher J. Dwyer, with the team at MarketWatch. To gain more…
UPCOMING WEBINAR: Building the Next-Gen CWM Program
[Editor’s note: Readers of CPO Rising know that the site’s contributors often present their thought leadership ideas, research findings, and industry insights on webcasts throughout the year. Today’s article is…
How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?
[Editor's Note: On June 2, Ardent Partners' resident Contingent Workforce Management analyst and Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer, will deliver a webinar presentation on "Building the Next-Generation Contingent Workforce Management…
Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management
Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations…
The Future of Travel and Expense Management: The Mobility Perplexity
[Editor’s note: CPO Rising is excited to kick off a new series of article focused on the travel and expense management (T&E) function that will help enterprises, regardless of size…