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Technology Round-Up – May 28, 2014
It’s only our second “Tech Round-up” and already, I’m thinking that we may need to rename this series – too generic. Anyway, as a reminder, this month, CPO Rising started... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Contract Management
Leading Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies) that a procurement professional... Read more
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CWM Technology Update: Q1 / Q2, 2014
Welcome to the latest edition of CPO Rising’s contingent workforce management (CWM) technology and solution update. In today’s article, we’ll highlight noteworthy news across the technology provider marketplace, including acquisitions,... Read more
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The Future of Procurement (Podcast)
Rachel Spasser, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba and I recently recorded a podcast where we discussed the future of procurement. The podcast was moderated by Dana... Read more
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Proactis to Acquire Intesource
Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund... Read more
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Tracking the Evolution of the VMS Platform
Discussions regarding contingent workforce management (CWM) technology are frequent here at CPO Rising, and often revolve not only around the benefits and results that enterprises achieve by utilizing these solutions,... Read more
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Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014
Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we’ve... Read more
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The Spring Cleaning Hit-List for Contingent Workforce Management
In celebration of the start of spring (unless you live in the Northeast, which has been stuck in a snow-covered, polar-vortex-fueled winter since after Thanksgiving), today’s CPO Rising article will... Read more
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Ariba LIVE 2014: “The Outcome Economy”
Ariba, an SAP company, hosted its 15th annual user conference – Ariba LIVE – March 17 – 19 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas with a... Read more