
It’s Friday, which means we’re sharing another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams improve…
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It’s Friday, which means we’re sharing another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams improve…
Welcome to Ardent Partners’ weekly “Payables Place First Thing” article series. This series will feature recent articles from our sister site Payables Place, which is the global source of ePayables news,…
As many readers know, my relationship with SAP and Ariba began 18+ years ago when I worked for the then SAP partner and primary Ariba rival, Commerce One. I later…

Globalization has made the world a much smaller place over the last 30 to 40 years, yet trading partners are still so disconnected from each other and from their extended…

This week’s episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast (sponsored by ZeroChaos) is the “listener mailbag” edition for the month of March. Topics discussed include: How the procurement function can…
The Chinese philosopher Laozi once wrote in the Tao Te Ching that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The statement is as true today as it was in the sixth…

Editor’s Note: Learn more about Chris’ takes on procurement’s role in contingent workforce management by downloading the new State of Contingent Workforce Management research study. And, be sure to register…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
I’ve been working with Accounts Payable (“AP”) professionals for almost 15 years now, and it never ceases to amaze me how infrequently they get the recognition and credit they wholeheartedly…

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of contingent workforce management (CWM) solution-provider news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are…

Another all new episode of Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast (sponsored by ZeroChaos) features a thought-provoking discussion with CEO of online talent platform Shiftgig, Wade Burgess. Wade and I chatted about…
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