Three CWM Metrics That Matter
The success of any spend management, sourcing or financial management program largely depends on the enterprise’s ability to set proper goals, identify core business objectives and, most importantly, build an…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key…
Proactis to Acquire Intesource
Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Market Knowledge
This year, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to help younger procurement professionals…
Three Tactical CWM Capabilities That Matter
The contemporary scope of contingent labor dictates that enterprises seek a new wave of strategies, solutions, and approaches to manage all avenues of the Contingent Workforce Management Framework. Programmatic attributes…
Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – The Sourcing Process
This year, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to help younger procurement professionals…
The State of the Chief Procurement Officer in 2014
I recently published my annual CPO Rising report and I think our regular readers will be very interested in it. The report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is…
The 360-Degree CWM Program: A Primer
“Evolution” is a common term around CPO Rising, as many of the industries covered here on the site, be it ePayables or supply management, are currently undergoing a transformation within…
Tracking the Evolution of the VMS Platform
Discussions regarding contingent workforce management (CWM) technology are frequent here at CPO Rising, and often revolve not only around the benefits and results that enterprises achieve by utilizing these solutions,…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…