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CPO Shop Talk: SAPPHIRE 2013 Edition
Through a scheduling blunder (not my only of the season), I was a virtual attendee of this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW & ASUG 2013 conference held last week in Orlando. With... Read more
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How Mid-Market Enterprises Should Evaluate ePayables Solutions
When it comes to selecting the right ePayables solution to automate the accounting function, there are certain factors that are going to be more important to a mid-market enterprise (MME)... Read more
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A Brief History of Contingent Workforce Management
As an interlude to our ongoing “13 for 2013” series of best practices in contingent workforce management (click for Part One, Part Two, Part Three), I wanted to discuss something... Read more
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Future Shock: Disruptive Technologies on Procurement’s Horizon
From our cars to our homes to our computers, new and innovative technologies are changing the way we do almost everything. That change is coming to procurement and the impact... Read more
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13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 3
For those of you who missed the early installments of our “13 for 2013” series on contingent workforce management, I invite you to check out Part One and Part Two.... Read more
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Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu
When I last spoke with “friend of the site,” Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement (“CPO”) at Rio Tinto... Read more
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Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under
Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors,... Read more
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Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management
Having just returned from one of our industry’s biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a... Read more
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CPO News – May 6, 2013
CPOs on the Rise From “CPO” to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief... Read more
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InSEPArable – Payments across the Eurozone
Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of... Read more
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