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On-Demand Talent and the Rise of Work Market and the FMS Platform

By Christopher Dwyer February 26, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology9 Comments

By now, the industry knows the impact of the contingent workforce. A quick recap: Nearly a third (32%) of today’s total workforce is comprised of non-traditional and non-employee labor and…

Why Mobile Applications Will Be a Boon for Events Management in 2015

By Christopher Dwyer February 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy, Technology

The marketing function has evolved significantly over the years, so much so that it is difficult to pinpoint the moving target that is its focus during any point in time.…

Technology Round-Up – February 17, 2015 – Part I

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 17, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: Welcome to February's edition of our Technology Round-Up. Over the past month, we've tracked so many exciting developments within the supply management solution provider market that we decided…

Collaborative Contract Management: Procurement’s Role in Enhancing Compliance and Mitigating Risk (Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In 2015, collaboration is the name of the game in procurement and frequently entails working with key internal stakeholders (like line-of-business managers and legal departments) or preferred suppliers to drive…

How Did We Do? Revisiting Our 2014 Predictions (Part II)

By Andrew Bartolini February 6, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Deem – Moving Beyond Travel and Expense Management

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

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…

Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part IV: Mobile Applications

By Christopher Dwyer January 28, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Technology

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,…

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…

Technology Round-Up – January 21, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 21, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

IQNavigator Expands European Operations with New Office in Germany On January 8, IQNavigator, the Colorado-based provider of Vendor Management Solutions (VMS), announced that it is opening a new office in Munich,…

Then and Now: A Technology Evolution Series, Part II: Vendor Management Systems

By Christopher Dwyer January 16, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology