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Innovation: The Foundation of the Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Program
There are several key factors that determine whether a contingent workforce management (CWM) program is successful: is it a truly value-add initiative? Does it regularly impact bottom-line savings? Does the... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Reflections on The CPO Rising 2017 Summit (Part 1): CPOs Rise and Shine
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry, CPO Rising Hall-of-Fame Inductee, to CPO Rising 2019
Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of Takeda and GSK, and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: What CPOs Are Saying About the CPO Rising Summit
We think the CPO Rising Summit is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded, career-driven procurement executives, share best practices, and help us all continue to push the profession forward. We’re not the... Read more
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Manufacturing Success: How Procurement can Leverage Industry 4.0 to Manage MRO Spend
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Xeeva‘s blog a couple of weeks ago. Xeeva is a Michigan-based provider of sourcing and procurement solutions, and a co-sponsor of the CPO Rising... Read more
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AP’s Plan for 2019: Boost the Insights, Lose the Paper
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] A modern AP operation can differentiate itself from historical iterations by executing... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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The Rise of Analytics for Procurement: Strategies for Success
Editor’s Note: Today’s article picks up where a previous article, Beyond Savings and Risk: Next-Gen Procurement Analytics are Coming into their Own, left off. There is an enormous amount of value... Read more
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Five Ways to Build a Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Program
The ultimate goal of work optimization is the culmination of next-generation strategies, solutions, and innovations that converge together to reimagine how a business engages and acquires its talent and addresses... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The State of ePayables 2019 – Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence
In 2019, businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data it both creates and captures. The same holds true for accounts payable (“AP”) departments across the... Read more