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How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?

By Christopher Dwyer May 25, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[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…

IBM Empower 2015: Back to the Future

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In 2006, I attended my first Emptoris Empower conference as an industry analyst. The company, of course, has changed significantly since then, most notably via two acquisitions (IBM acquired the…

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

By Christopher Dwyer May 18, 2015Articles, 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…

Social Media and P2P: Internal Knowledge Management (via Wikis)

By Andrew Bartolini May 15, 2015Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

It’s a common mistake, when thinking about social tools, to imagine only platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn as the totality of “social media.” This couldn’t be further from…

ISM at 100: A Conversation with Tom Derry

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process

Last week, I had the pleasure to meet with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), at its 100 thannual conference in Phoenix, Arizona (Matt York, our editor, sat…

Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 12, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is centered on our recent Sailing Downstream: Why "Source-to-Settle" Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 report, sponsored by Zycus, and available for download here (registration required). The fact of the matter is…

CPO Roundtable: Agility and High-Performing Procurement Teams

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy

[Editor's note: I will be attending IBM Empower 2015 in San Diego this week, hosting a similar CPO panel as the one below, among other activities. If you are at…

SURVEY: The 2015 “State of ePayables” Market Research Study

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer May 6, 2015Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

There’s no denying that the world of accounts payable is changing … and evolving. It’s becoming a function that is now considered to be more of a strategic information “hub”…

CPO Roundtable Series: Under Pressure

By Andrew Bartolini May 5, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

The Future of Travel and Expense Management: The Mobility Perplexity

By Christopher Dwyer May 1, 2015Complex Categories, Technology

[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…