Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 322: 2018 Year in Review, Part II
The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast continues its “2018 Year in Review Series” this week with another look back at the year that was (check out Part I of our “Year…
Procurement Innovation, Agility, and Uncertainty – New Webinar From Ardent Partners
In an age when enterprise agility, digital transformation, and the continued evolution of the modern company dictate the pace of business (and vice versa), there is no better time for…
Breaking News: Coupa Acquires Hiperos, Rounds out its Third-Party Risk Management Offering
This morning, Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), the San Francisco-based spend management solutions provider, announced that it has purchased Hiperos, the New Jersey-based provider of third-party risk management ("3PM") solutions in the cloud, for an undisclosed…
The Pursuit of the Agile Workforce: The Evolution of Non-Employee Talent
A few years ago, the 2015-2016 edition of Ardent’s annual State of Contingent Workforce Management research study very pointedly emphasized the contingent workforce’s then-tipping point: The “Flex Economy.” The “Gig…
Technology Round-Up — December 5, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
Webinar! The CPO’s Perspective on 2018: This Year’s Key Highlights, Takeaways, and Observations (12/13)
“If you’re always in control, you’re not driving fast enough.” This Mario Andretti quote was frequently referenced at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston last month, and is…
Technology Round-Up — November 29, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…
Toward an Intelligent Supply Risk Management Paradigm
Last week, I effectively made a business case for adopting digital, automated supply risk management (SRM) tools, along with supplier information management (SIM) and supplier performance management (SPM) tools in…
Black Friday 2018 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder
Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…
P2P Technology Round-Up – November 21, 2018
Now back to our regular scheduled programming…Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If…