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…
Hot Button Issues for AP Leaders in 2014
Today's article continues and builds upon of our recent article which focused on predictions for the ePayables pace (2014: The Year Ahead in ePayables (AP Automation)). Today, I wanted to…
CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part 2)
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. With my new report, Becoming a CPO in 2014: The…
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…
The Power In Business Networks (Webinar)
Late notice, but if you are around tomorrow and interested in understanding one of the more technology intriguing areas in procurement, AP, and supply management - business networks - I…
eInvoicing Costs Less
Who said eInvoicing costs less? Actually, the market did. As you have already seen in other articles (such as this one or this one), Ardent Partners recently completed a fairly…
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…
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…
How Are We Doing? Five Questions to Evaluate Your CWM Program
CPO Rising often presents content that addresses a wide variety of supply management concerns beyond the "core" or more traditional areas. As Chief Procurement Officers place more spend under management,…
Procurement Transformation: Buzzword…or a Viable Strategy?
Today, we’ll discuss a concept that some Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) have made a top priority over recent years: procurement transformation. Within the greater procurement and sourcing industry, new and…