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Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part V: Best-in-Class Programs

By Christopher Dwyer March 11, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part III: Convergence With Marketing

By Christopher Dwyer March 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part IV: Big Data

By Christopher Dwyer February 28, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent…

Instant Analysis: ACTIVE Network and Lanyon Merge to Deliver New Offering

By Christopher Dwyer February 26, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

ACTIVE Network Business Solutions, a solution provider in the events management industry and a subsidiary of recently privatized, ACTIVE Network, and Lanyon, a leading provider of transient hotel program technology…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Identity Management

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process

[Publisher's note: Our upcoming CPO Rising 2014: Convergence report will be released early next month and it has many interesting findings, trends, revelations including the typical Chief Procurement Officer's newest…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part II: The Framework

By Christopher Dwyer February 14, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process

[Publisher's note: Welcome to the second part of our multi-article series on the State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and…

Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer February 12, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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…

Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part I: Quality!

By Andrew Bartolini February 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's note: Welcome to the first part of a multi-article series on the State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part II: Convergence with Travel

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy

2014: The Year Ahead in Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer January 27, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

Nearly every executive and corporate professional relies on business travel as a means of fostering relationships with key customers (and future clients) and staying up-to-date with other global regions of…