An SMB Buyer’s Guide to AP Automation
Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no…
The SMB’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management, Part I: The Groundwork
CPO Rising has been a central source of contingent workforce management (CWM) knowledge and thought leadership for well over a year, and, in that time, we’ve written about a vast…
The SMB of the Future
Today’s article is a brief snippet of a report that Ardent Partners completed for Concur entitled - The SMB of the Future: Start Fast, Then Accelerate For an entire generation, technology has…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Cash Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. I called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
The State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Guidebook for 2015
Editor’s Note: Ardent’s resident contingent workforce management (CWM) expert and research director, Christopher Dwyer, is set to launch the exciting next iteration of his annual State of Contingent Workforce Management…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual ePayments Rising Report
Ardent Partners will soon publish "ePayments Rising: The 2014 Market Report." This independent research report seeks to present a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of…
Three Talent Management Capabilities That Matter
A recurring theme within the scope of the modern contingent workforce program is “talent first.” With more and more freelance, contract, and non-traditional talent holding the skill sets required for…
The Compliance Management Checklist: Some Final Thoughts
By now, you may have read all or a few articles of our five-part “Compliance Management Checklist” series here at CPO Rising (if you missed any, click here to check…
Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the…
The Compliance Management Checklist, Part V: Amendment Best Practices
Welcome to the final article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…