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13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process

Chris Dwyer is back with the second article in a four-part series that will present a series of best practices and recommended strategies for managing the modern contingent workforce framework…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process

Ardent's Research Director and complex category guru, Chris Dwyer, kicks off the week with the first in a series of articles highlighting the best practices in contingent workforce management. Welcome…

How Procurement Can Transform Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 5, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Today, another article from Christopher Dwyer Research Director and VP of Operations @ Ardent Partners. As many of you well know, Chris has been an industry analyst for the past…

The Next Wave of Events Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy1 Comment

New Research Director at Ardent Partners and even newer father, Chris Dwyer is back this time to discuss another complex category of spend - Events Management. The Next Wave of…

A Primer for Contemporary Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 18, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

I'm pleased to introduce you to Ardent Partners' newest analyst and contributor to CPO Rising - Christopher Dwyer who joins us as a Research Director and VP of Operations. Chris…

Driving Savings: How to Use the Category Sourcing Scorecard

By Andrew Bartolini February 4, 2013Articles, Events, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing

In 2012, our Category Sourcing Scorecard series was one of the most popular. As a reminder the Scorecard was a tool developed by Ardent Partners to help sourcing teams prioritize…

Category Sourcing Scorecard – User Instructions

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2012Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

As I mentioned last time, Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available by clicking here (reg. required) and brought to you by BravoSolution. For those of you who have…

The Category Sourcing Scorecard is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2012Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts discussing the creation of a Category Sourcing Scorecard. Today, I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is…

The Category Sourcing Scorecard – Summary

By Andrew Bartolini July 11, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

The Category Sourcing Scorecard series, which was published last month, introduced the key inputs to a "virtual" tool or framework that teams could use to build out their sourcing pipelines.…

Category Sourcing Scorecard – Category Specific Factors

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2012Articles, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Yesterday, we completed our discussion of the unique buying factors that help determine a category's suitability for sourcing. Today we tackle the final subset of considerations for the virtual Category…