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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more
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Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use?
Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use? That is the question…. Frequent readers of CPO Rising will have noticed a common theme running throughout my articles focused on contingent workforce... Read more