The State of Strategic Sourcing – Connecting the Dots
Ardent Partners' The State of Strategic Sourcing: Connecting the Dots is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research report analyzes the strategic…
Zycus Horizon 2014: A Pot Of Gold
Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this month at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida and it was another very successful event for the supply management…
Your Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management, Part II: Total Workforce Optimization
Welcome to the second entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…
Procurement Influencer Series: Tim Minahan of SAP Talks About What’s Next for Procurement
I first heard of Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Cloud and Line of Businesswhen his job description literally included the term "procurement influencer" in his role as Chief Service…
Your Guidebook to CWM, Part I: Engagement Evolution
Welcome to the first entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…
Zycus Horizon 2014: Ericsson Sourcing in the Networked Society
As we mentioned yesterday, Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this week at the Ritz Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida and I was pleased to attend. It…
Technology Round-Up, November 13, 2014
Horizon 2014: Zycus Delivers Zycus’ 3rd annual user conference, Horizon, was held this week at the Ritz-Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida, starting this past Sunday and continuing through Tuesday…
Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong…
The Three Goals Every Travel / Expense Management Program Must Achieve
The world of business travel is evolving at a rapid clip, as more and more enterprises experience higher travel budgets, more complex processes within the expense management framework, and new,…
The VMS Link to Talent Management
There has been a heavy “sub-theme” running through the contingent workforce management (CWM) content here at CPO Rising, one that’s certainly been permeating through every CWM program across the globe:…