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Why Should the CFO Care About Contingent Workforce Management?
The modern-day Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has its hands in a mix of contemporary processes, capabilities, and initiatives. For years, the analyst team at Ardent Partners has spoken of (and... Read more
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CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I
CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement... Read more
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The State of Strategic Sourcing: Collaborate and Connect the Dots
Over the past couple of months, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which published in Q4 last year and is currently available. Interested... Read more
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The CFO’s View Of…Travel and Expense Management
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the typical organization is now tasked with more than ever before, often asked to be the “savior” of enterprises that struggle to maintain a... Read more
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Concur Fusion and Business Network Evolution
Today’s ever-changing and dynamic business world necessitates the alignment between an enterprise, its suppliers, and the myriad processes and capabilities that are required to effectively manage corporate spend. The overarching... Read more
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The Future of Travel and Expense Management: The Visibility Quotient
Editor’s note: CPO Rising is excited to kick off a new series of article focused on the travel and expense management (T&E) function that will help enterprises, regardless of size... Read more
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Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015 (Webinar)
Trendspotting…… Join Ardent’s lead analysts as they highlight the key trends impacting AP in 201 and beyond on April 16th at 2PM ET – Click here for details and to... Read more
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Instant Analysis: Selectica Acquires b-pack for $12.5 Million
Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC) made yet another smart acquisition—its second in two years—with an agreement announced yesterday, March 30, to acquire b-pack for $12.5 million in cash and stock. The deal is... Read more
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What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? In a Word: Collaboration
In the first installment in this series, CPO Rising highlighted how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact procurement operations and improve the way its people, processes, and technologies operate... Read more
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The HR Executive’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management (Part II)
For this two-part article series, CPO Rising becomes Human Resources Rising. Join resident contingent workforce management (CWM) resident and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, as he takes on... Read more