Technology Round-Up — October 9, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
Innovation: The Foundation of the Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Program
There are several key factors that determine whether a contingent workforce management (CWM) program is successful: is it a truly value-add initiative? Does it regularly impact bottom-line savings? Does the…
Procurement Needs to Pivot to a Results-Based Approach to Evaluating Technology
Today’s fast-changing business climate is one that prizes outcomes (and the innovations needed to achieve them) above all else. This has, in turn, created new opportunities for IT and procurement…
The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology
Over the past decade, industry research has consistently shown that a majority of enterprise technology deployments run over budget and/or beyond schedule, and that failing to achieve expected business results…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 413: A Conversation with Sean Chou, Co-Founder and CEO of Catalytic
Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a discussion with Sean Chou, co-founder and CEO of Catalytic, a provider of intelligent automation technology. Sean and I chat…
Throwback Thursday: Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry, CPO Rising Hall-of-Fame Inductee, to CPO Rising 2019
Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of Takeda and GSK, and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 412: A Conversation with Ron Giuntini, Co-Founder of BlueprintAMS
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week, we had the opportunity to chat with Ron Giuntini, co-founder of BlueprintAMS, a solution focused on disruptive,…
Natural Disasters Need Not Lead to the Demise of Your Supply Chain (Guest Post)
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Netstock. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If you…
CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Heidi Landry, Chief Procurement Officer, Enterprise Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson – Part I
Heidi Landry is the Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for Enterprise Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson. She joined the company in January 2019 and is responsible for Procurement…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 411: A Discussion with Stephane Kasriel (CEO of Upwork) and Jim Burke (CEO of Workforce Logiq)
Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features an exciting discussion with Upwork CEO Stephane Kasriel and Workforce Logiq CEO Jim Burke. We chat with Stephane and Jim…