Technology Round-Up — July 24, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Announcing the Agenda for CPO Rising 2019 Procurement Executive Summit
In 2019, the procurement profession still has momentum and is more critical to business operations and results than ever before. But, a decade of Ardent Partners research shows that the…
Throwback Thursday: The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (1)
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 404: Listener Mailbag Edition for July
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode tackles topics such as diversity and inclusion, the human elements of the Future of Work, a…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — July 17, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
Monday First Thing: Reaching for AI in Procurement: A Frank Discussion on its Potential and Reality
Here's a great interview staring Ardent Partners' Senior Research Analyst and tech futurist, Matthew York, and SpendHQ's Director of Product Marketing, Constantine Limberakis, on the role that artificial (or augmented) intelligence…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 403: A Discussion with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions
This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Paul Vincent, Global Head of Services Procurement at Hays Talent Solutions. Paul and I discuss why…
Six Strategies to Manage Supplier and Third-Party Risk
Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than…
Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus's Analyst…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 402: Why is the Transformation of Business Strategy So Critical to the Future of Work?
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we chat about why the transformation of business strategy is so critical to the Future of Work…