Cross Pollination
First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…
Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part III: Identity Management
[Publisher's note: Our upcoming CPO Rising 2014: Convergence report will be released early next month and it has many interesting findings, trends, revelations including the typical Chief Procurement Officer's newest…
Fail-safe
When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…
Season’s Greetings from Ardent Partners (& CPO Rising)
As we close out another great year, we'd like to thank our readers and sponsors for their support and wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season. See…
Ardent Partners – State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Framework for Success
Nearly two months ago, we asked for your participation in Ardent’s groundbreaking research study, The State of Contingent Workforce Management. Now, Ardent Partners' latest report, The State of Contingent Workforce…
Designing a Procurement Transformation for Best-in-Class Performance
Earlier this past summer, I published a research series on Procurement Transformation to help procurement organizations design, plan, build and execute a proper procurement transformation program and utilize leading-edge strategies…
The Talent Wars: Why Talent Will Be the #1 Focus in Contingent Workforce Management
Quickly: name the three things your organization is focused on in regards to managing its contingent workforce program. Need some help? 1. Cost savings, right? Every company, no matter the…
Don’t Overlook Contract Talent Onboarding (and Offboarding)
[Publisher's note: Ardent’s Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer is here to talk about an issue that plagues even the best managers of Contingent Workforce Management programs across the world: onboarding…
An Epic Welcome to Procurement
There's a new meme making its way around the "internets" courtesy of a Georgia Tech sophomore's welcome speech at this year's Freshman Convocation. It's less than two minutes and since…
The Perfect Storm of Non-Traditional Talent
“Talent” is a word that reflects a wide range of priorities within the modern business world. Some enterprises consider talent to be the most crucial aspect of their greater organization,…