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…
What Concur’s Partnerships with Airbnb and Uber Say About the Travel / Expense Management Industry
There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not…
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…
An SMB Buyer’s Guide to AP Automation
Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no…
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…
The SMB of the Future
Today’s article is a brief snippet of a report that Ardent Partners completed for Concur entitled - The SMB of the Future: Start Fast, Then Accelerate For an entire generation, technology has…
SMB Events Management: How to Develop an Effective Program
Editor's Note: It's SMB week at CPO Rising and we plan to reprise a few articles (and add a few new ones) this week focused on the small and mid-sized…
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…