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Why Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Remains a Critical Area for Today’s Enterprises (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer March 24, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

Business executives are often faced with a variety of challenges in their daily roles, including growing revenues, improving internal operations, and driving intelligence into the inner-workings of their enterprises. On…

Technology Round-Up – March 12, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini March 12, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

SciQuest Announces Partnership with Transcepta to Enhance Invoice Capture On March 4, SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI),the North Carolina-based provider of automated, cloud-based spend management solutions, announced that it is partnering with Transcepta, a…

The CFO’s View Of…Meetings and Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer March 9, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the typical organization is now tasked with more than ever before, often asked to be the “savior” of enterprises that struggle to maintain a…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 10) – Fast & Furious

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

The CFO’s View Of…Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer February 16, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about how the contingent workforce will continue to evolve in the year ahead? Make sure to join us on Tuesday, February 17 at 2pm for a…

Previewing Next Week’s Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in CWM Webinar

By Christopher Dwyer February 12, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s note: Today’s article is a preview of next week’s exclusive webinar with Ardent Partners analysts Andrew Bartolini and Christopher J. Dwyer. The event, sponsored by Beeline, focuses on the…

ePayables: Big Trends & Predictions for 2015 (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini February 4, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research over the past five years has shown that the use of B2B electronic payments (ePayments) is on the rise, having captured the attention of finance and AP…

What Does 2015 Hold for Travel and Expense Management?

By Christopher Dwyer January 26, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

Frequent visitors to CPO Rising will know that the complex category of business travel has increasingly become a bigger line-item at the average enterprise. In fact, the current business travel…

Using Spend Under Management Principles to Drive Improved Financial Performance

By Andrew Bartolini December 22, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[A note from the editor: In August, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - to our audience and invited them to share their views because we…

Technology Round-Up – December 16, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini December 16, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

SAP Completes Concur Acquisition for $8.3 Billion On December 4, global software provider SAP AG (NYSE Ticker – SAP) announced that it had completed its $8.3 billion acquisition (or $129 per…