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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…

Trending in 2014: Supply Chain Finance

By Andrew Bartolini January 24, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy1 Comment

In a recent article, I noted Supply Chain Finance (SCF) as being one of the top trends for 2014 (read more here). This article offers a more detailed discussion of…

2014: The Year Ahead in Contingent Workforce Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer January 22, 2014Articles, General, Process, Strategy

Reminder to join me and Andrew Bartolini this Thursday at 2 pm when we present a webinar focused on the "Big Trends and Predictions" that will shape Procurement in 2014.…

Are You Ready for 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini January 17, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

For procurement leaders, 2013 was a remarkably stable year. For investors, it was a great one. Ardent Partners does NOT expect more of the same in 2014. Are you ready…

2014: The Year Ahead in Contingent Workforce Management (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer January 15, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Welcome to the first article of two articles that will take a “crystal ball” approach to the year ahead in contingent workforce management. In this series of articles, we’ll take…

2014: The Year Ahead in Meetings and Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer January 13, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Complex spend categories, such as meetings / events and business travel, while considered mere costs of conducting business on a global scale, are becoming more strategic spend areas of the…

IQNavigator Announces Plan to Acquire ProcureStaff Technologies and ConsolVMS

By Andrew Bartolini January 10, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

IQNavigator ("IQN"), one of the world’s largest Vendor Management System (VMS) technology providers, has announced its plans to acquire ProcureStaff Technologies ("ProcureStaff") and its VMS platform, ConsolVMS from Volt Information…

2014: The Year Ahead in ePayables (AP Automation)

By Andrew Bartolini January 8, 2014Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Last time, we took a look at what it takes to become a Chief Procurement Officer in 2014. This time, some predictions for the Accounts Payable automation (what we commonly…

The Dynamic Trio – Taulia

By Andrew Bartolini December 23, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

For decades, managing cash has been the responsibility of the Treasury department of most large companies. Today, while that is generally still the case, more business functions and employees are…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part I: Convergence with Finance

By Christopher Dwyer December 20, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategy1 Comment

Today in the waning days of 2013, we being a new series that will highlight procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer's) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these…