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How Did We Do? Revisiting Our 2014 Predictions (Part II)
In 2014, we made some bold predictions. Now an even bolder move….. we evaluate and grade them. This is Part 2, here is Part 1. Since I was behind many... Read more
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Deem – Moving Beyond Travel and Expense Management
For procurement practitioners, managing spend across multiple categories and aligning them to the larger source-to-settle process is both a challenge and a goal. Manual, disparate processes require more time and... Read more
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Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part IV: Mobile Applications
CPO Rising is excited to publish an interesting series of articles focused on the evolution of technology solutions and automated platforms within the greater spend management spectrum. In each article,... Read more
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Looking Ahead: Contingent Workforce (Upcoming Webinar)
ARDENT PARTNERS WEBINAR Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management Join Andrew Bartolini and Christopher Dwyer on February 17th at 2 PM ET as they present the key... Read more
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How Did We Do? Revisiting Our 2014 Predictions (Part I)
January is a time for resolutions and predictions. We have many planned for you this month, but, before we dive into out 2015 ideas, we thought it would be interesting... Read more
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Four Best-in-Class Ways to “Connect the Dots” and Improve Sourcing Results in 2015
Over the past couple of months, we have been featuring analysis from our recent report, The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers... Read more
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Three Strategic Events Management Capabilities That Matter
The world of events management has certainly evolved over the past few years. Like its “sister” category of business travel, this category was often seen as a mere cost of... Read more
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Visibility: What Does It Mean for CPOs? (Part III)
Welcome to the final entry of a three-part article series on the concept of “visibility.” The term visibility is thrown around quite frequently in the procurement and spend management worlds,... Read more
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Four Questions Every Company Should Ask About Their HR and Procurement Convergence
Convergence has been a hot topic around CPO Rising in 2014 (in fact, Ardent colleague and CPO Rising founder, Andrew Bartolini, focused his CPO-centric research report on this topic). Within... Read more
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What Concur’s Partnerships with Airbnb and Uber Say About the Travel / Expense Management Industry
There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not... Read more