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June 12, 2013

Total Talent Management: Revolutionary Concept…or Impossible Strategy?

For those of you eager for more sourcing, procurement, and technology articles, don’t worry, Andrew has been building a backlog of articles ahead of what he’s calling the “Summer of... Read more
June 10, 2013

Adding Value to the Business Unit (One CPO’s View of the World)

Today, we are pleased to welcome procurement industry leader and “friend of the site,” Scott Forest as a guest contributor. Scott’s been adding value to his business units by managing... Read more
June 7, 2013

Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?

Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with... Read more
June 6, 2013

Procurement Performance: Reporting Out, Managing In – A Case Study

I recently caught up with a procurement executive and “friend of the site” to discuss eProcurement systems and the complexity of managing back-end systems for a company that has been... Read more
May 28, 2013

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 4

By now, you’ve probably our series of “13 for 2013” articles on best practices in the world of contingent workforce management. If you’ve missed it, check out Parts One, Two... Read more
May 24, 2013

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
May 20, 2013

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
May 15, 2013

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
May 13, 2013

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
May 10, 2013

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