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The Spring Cleaning Hit-List for Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer April 11, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

In celebration of the start of spring (unless you live in the Northeast, which has been stuck in a snow-covered, polar-vortex-fueled winter since after Thanksgiving), today’s CPO Rising article will…

2014: The Year Ahead in Meetings and Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer January 13, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Complex spend categories, such as meetings / events and business travel, while considered mere costs of conducting business on a global scale, are becoming more strategic spend areas of the…

Big Data and Meetings / Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer October 4, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers

On CPO Rising, we like to keep it interesting so we’ve tackled a variety of complex spend categories and how the concept of “Big Data” impacted core strategies, approaches and…

Mobility and Complex Spend Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer September 16, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The first article in this two-part series highlighted the growing rise of mobile applications and solutions within the greater framework of complex spend management. Earlier, we discussed how mobile apps…

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use?

By Christopher Dwyer August 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use? That is the question.... Frequent readers of CPO Rising will have noticed a common theme running throughout my articles focused on contingent workforce…

The Future of Contingent Workforce Management: Where Can We Go?

By Christopher Dwyer July 26, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Strategy

This article is a teaser of an upcoming webcast by Ardent Partners analyst and director, Christopher J. Dwyer. Join him as part of HR.com’s Contract Talent and Workforce Exchange virtual…

Where Can Travel and Expense Go? (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer June 19, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

A few weeks ago, we published posted my first article on the travel and expense management category. Click here to check out the first entry of this brief, two-part series.…

An Intro to Marketing and Print Spend Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 11, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

There are many reasons why "complex spend management" (sometimes called complex category management or services procurement) has been the focus of my professional career and, why CPO Rising devotes significant…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 4

By Christopher Dwyer May 28, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

By now, you’ve probably our series of “13 for 2013” articles on best practices in the world of contingent workforce management. If you've missed it, check out Parts One, Two…

A Brief History of Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer May 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

As an interlude to our ongoing “13 for 2013” series of best practices in contingent workforce management (click for Part One, Part Two, Part Three), I wanted to discuss something…