Technology Round-Up — June 5, 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,…
The Link Between SOW/Services Procurement and the Future of Work
The realm of “contingent labor” includes three distinct categories: traditional temporary labor (via staffing suppliers and vendors), “self-sourced” / “directly-sourced” talent, such as independent contractors and freelancers, and “complex contingent…
Help! My Organization is Too Small to Negotiate with Big Suppliers (Guest Post)
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from UNA. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications from authors across the procurement and supply management industry. If…
CPO Rising 2019: Becoming More Agile, Data-Driven, and Intelligent
Editor’s Note: Today’s article includes a large excerpt from Ardent’s annual “State of Procurement” research report, CPO Rising 2019: Value Expansion. This report is based upon the responses from more than 300…
The State of P2P 2019 – Webinar Available for Download!
In 2019, the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and finance leaders are well positioned to move beyond providing value to the enterprise based on increased efficiency and more towards becoming an intelligence hub…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 339: How Can Businesses Adapt to the Future of Work?
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week’s episode poses a critical question: How can businesses adapt to the Future of Work?…
When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — May 29, 2019
Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…
Digital Staffing’s Place in the Future of Work
Talent acquisition has long been a critical process in the business arena. With talent as a top competitive differentiator, weak staffing initiatives can undermine the greater organization’s ability to achieve…
Throwback Thursday: Support Your Local Maverick?
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Technology Round-Up — May 22, 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,…