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SAP Ariba Live: Making Supply Risk Management Awesome

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this week, Andrew Bartolini and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated attendees) and…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 133: March Listener Mailbag Edition

By Christopher Dwyer March 22, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast is live with the March edition of our monthly “listener mailbag.” During this week’s podcast, we discuss: Recent news related to the Beeline/IQN merger branding…

Why 2017 is the Year for Total Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer March 15, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast returns from its brief winter hiatus next week with an all-new listener mailbag edition. Next week’s episode will tackle topics such as total…

Adaptation and the Changing World of Work

By Christopher Dwyer March 8, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

H.G. Wells’ “adapt or perish” adage, now more than ever, is the contemporary business’ inexorable imperative. As heightened global competition for market share has created extraordinary pressure to execute seamlessly,…

Procurement Performance: Moving Beyond Savings

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance…

Chief Procurement Officers: Developing Procurement Mastery

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…

Is the Conflict Minerals Provision in Dodd-Frank Going Away?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

As we noted in our recent 2017 Procurement: Big Trends and Predictions webinar, the current U.S. trade policies and the regulatory environment should be tracked more closely because change is…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 132: Discussion with Milton Park Partners and Leftover Mailbag Questions

By Christopher Dwyer February 22, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

The Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast is live with another exciting edition. This week, we spoke to Wayne Surman and Jim Aiden of Milton Park Partners, a new contingent workforce solution…

CPO News – February 16, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 16, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

SAIC Names Karen Wheeler Chief Human Resources Officer Northern Virginia-based Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) announced that Karen Wheeler, SAIC's Chief Procurement Officer of nearly four years, has been…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 131: February Listener Mailbag Edition

By Christopher Dwyer February 15, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to another exciting edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. On tap for this week’s episode is the February edition of our “listener mailbag” series. Discussions include: The keys…