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The State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Guidebook for 2015

By Christopher Dwyer August 21, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

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…

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual ePayments Rising Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 20, 2014Articles, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners will soon publish "ePayments Rising: The 2014 Market Report." This independent research report seeks to present a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of…

Three Talent Management Capabilities That Matter

By Christopher Dwyer August 19, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

A recurring theme within the scope of the modern contingent workforce program is “talent first.” With more and more freelance, contract, and non-traditional talent holding the skill sets required for…

Nipendo Offers Plug-and-Play Supplier Cloud; Connects Partners with New Communities

By Andrew Bartolini August 18, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means…

A Proposed New Definition for “Spend under Management”

By Andrew Bartolini August 13, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

[A note from the editor: Last week, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - and invited others to offer up their answers because we…

Beeline / OnForce Merger Signals Another Shift in the Contingent Workforce Management Industry

By Christopher Dwyer August 12, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

Yesterday, Beeline, provider of Vendor Management System (VMS) software, announced that its parent company, Adecco Group, has acquired contractor / freelance management solution OnForce. The acquisition will place OnForce’s freelancer…

Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology1 Comment

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…

ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini August 8, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…

GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (II)

By Andrew Bartolini August 5, 2014Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP’s name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,…

GEP: Differentiating Itself with a Broad (& Strong) Portfolio (I)

By Andrew Bartolini August 1, 2014Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

In the course of our work for and discussions with large procurement departments this year, GEP's name is coming up much more frequently than just a few years ago. Impressively,…