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Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part IV: Big Data

By Christopher Dwyer February 28, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Technology

[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners' landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent…

What Will Take You “Swifter, Higher, Faster” in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The XXII Winter Games are still going strong in Sochi, Russia and will continue through this Sunday. I must admit that I have not watched as much as I would…

Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer February 12, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations…

IQNavigator Announces Plan to Acquire ProcureStaff Technologies and ConsolVMS

By Andrew Bartolini January 10, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

IQNavigator ("IQN"), one of the world’s largest Vendor Management System (VMS) technology providers, has announced its plans to acquire ProcureStaff Technologies ("ProcureStaff") and its VMS platform, ConsolVMS from Volt Information…

The Dynamic Trio – Taulia

By Andrew Bartolini December 23, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

For decades, managing cash has been the responsibility of the Treasury department of most large companies. Today, while that is generally still the case, more business functions and employees are…

2014: The Rise of The Business Network and B2B Payments

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2013Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In 2014, we expect to see a big rise in business networks and B2B payments and we're more than ready. The Ardent Partners analyst team has been very involved with…

Contingent Workforce Management Technology: Market Update, Q4 2013

By Andrew Bartolini December 5, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s first installment of its technology update series on the contingent workforce management space. These updates will highlight solution provider updates, acquisitions, updates to platforms, awards and…

Who’s Ready for the New Procurement?

By Andrew Bartolini November 25, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Who's Ready for the New Procurement? The fact is, we are ALL ready. Procurement has made huge strides over the past decade, but we've hit a plateau. We need something…

GEP Gets SMART with Its Solution Suite (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini November 14, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

GEP, the longstanding industry provider of procurement services and solutions, announced last week the launch of “SMART by GEP,” what the company is calling “the first unified sourcing and procurement…

Meetings and Events Management: Technology Update, Q4 2013

By Christopher Dwyer November 8, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to CPO Rising’s first installment of its technology update series on the meetings and events management space. These updates will highlight solution provider updates, acquisitions, updates to platforms, awards…