Spend Analysis: The First Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research report analyzes the…
The Strategic Meetings Management Program of 2017: A Three-Year Outlook
Strategic meetings and events have become a prime means of recognizing top enterprise performers (incentive events), connecting with key customers (client-focused meetings), and driving new revenue streams via targeted conferences…
Visibility: What Does it Mean in the Contract Process?
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…
Your Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management, Part IV: The (Contingent) Crystal Ball
Welcome to the fourth and final entry in a four-part series designed to discuss the publication of Ardent Partners’ second annual State of Contingent Workforce Management research report. The new…
Are You “Dressed to Kill?” Airing the Dirty Laundry Hidden in the Global Cotton Supply Chain
[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
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
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,…
Your Guidebook to CWM, Part I: Engagement Evolution
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,…
Is Procurement Due for a Black Swan Event?
Throughout the course of business history, there have been events or market shifts that have either positively impacted concepts such as technology and innovation of processes / programs or caused…
Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?
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…