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Are You “Dressed to Kill?” Airing the Dirty Laundry Hidden in the Global Cotton Supply Chain

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 26, 2014Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing1 Comment

[Publisher's note: Supply risk is a beast that wears many suits. Today, we begin an exclusive three-part series that examines the problem of human trafficking in the global cotton supply…

Your Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Expanding the CWM Framework

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 25, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Welcome to the third entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…

Your Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management, Part II: Total Workforce Optimization

By Christopher Dwyer November 20, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Welcome to the second entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…

CPO News – November 19, 2014

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 19, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to November's edition of CPO News. We're covering a lot of ground this month, including announcements of Chief Procurement Officers taking the reigns at several companies, several up and…

Procurement Influencer Series: Tim Minahan of SAP Talks About What’s Next for Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini November 18, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

I first heard of Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Cloud and Line of Businesswhen his job description literally included the term "procurement influencer" in his role as Chief Service…

Your Guidebook to CWM, Part I: Engagement Evolution

By Christopher Dwyer November 17, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to the first entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) research report. The new study,…

Technology Round-Up, November 13, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini November 13, 2014Articles, Events, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Horizon 2014: Zycus Delivers Zycus’ 3rd annual user conference, Horizon, was held this week at the Ritz-Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida, starting this past Sunday and continuing through Tuesday…

Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 11, 2014Articles, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong…

The VMS Link to Talent Management

By Christopher Dwyer November 6, 2014Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology1 Comment

There has been a heavy “sub-theme” running through the contingent workforce management (CWM) content here at CPO Rising, one that’s certainly been permeating through every CWM program across the globe:…

Batteries Not Included

By Andrew Bartolini November 5, 2014Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy

We've all heard the annoying little caveat, "batteries not included." It accompanied just about every toy advertisement of our youth, and perhaps made us (or our parents) a little less…