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Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity
[Publisher’s note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the “larger” themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP’s announcement on Wednesday to acquire... Read more
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Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part V: Best-in-Class Programs
[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners’ landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent... Read more
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Procurement’s Evolution, Part III: Convergence With Marketing
Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise... Read more
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Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management
Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations... Read more
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Procurement’s Evolution, Part II: Convergence with Travel
Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise... Read more
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2014: The Year Ahead in Travel and Expense Management
Nearly every executive and corporate professional relies on business travel as a means of fostering relationships with key customers (and future clients) and staying up-to-date with other global regions of... Read more
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2014: The Year Ahead in Contingent Workforce Management (Part II)
Reminder to join me and Andrew Bartolini this Thursday at 2 pm when we present a webinar focused on the “Big Trends and Predictions” that will shape Procurement in 2014.... Read more
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IQNavigator Announces Plan to Acquire ProcureStaff Technologies and ConsolVMS
IQNavigator (“IQN”), one of the world’s largest Vendor Management System (VMS) technology providers, has announced its plans to acquire ProcureStaff Technologies (“ProcureStaff”) and its VMS platform, ConsolVMS from Volt Information... Read more
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2014: The Year Ahead in ePayables (AP Automation)
Last time, we took a look at what it takes to become a Chief Procurement Officer in 2014. This time, some predictions for the Accounts Payable automation (what we commonly... Read more
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Independent Contractor Compliance: A Four-Step Program
The Ardent Partners Contingent Workforce Management Framework has three major categories: traditional temporary labor, complex contract talent, and independent contractors. Each represents a specific set of capabilities, competencies, processes, goals... Read more