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Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 1
Dateline: May 8-12 Event: FUSION 2011 Host: The Institute of Financial Operations Place: Orlando Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center The newly rebranded Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”) hosted its... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk (SAP Procurement Summit): Contract Management (1) Deployment (2) Feedback (3) Supply Risk
Last week brought me to Palo Alto to present the keynote at SAP’s Procurement Summit West, an event that SAP‘s SRM/Procurement team uses to bring its customers together for networking... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk (Ariba LIVE Version): (1) Supplier Enablement’s Long Tail (2) ACH Payments
Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2011 was held last week in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort [Sidebar: What a great place to hold an event! More on... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Vaibhav Agarwal: Touchdown Procurement!
It was when Notre Dame decided almost ten years ago to move from processing paper requisitions to an eProcurement system that “friend of the site” and latest profile in our... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct
Our next CPOs on the Rise in 2011 story focuses on direct materials and the supply chain and an interview with “friend of the site,” Kirk Eberhart, Director of Purchasing... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – A Passion for Procurement
Procurement: it’s not just a job, it’s a passion. Our next CPO on the Rise in 2011 is a Chief Procurement Officer in the hi-tech industry, who in his own... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk: (1) P&G Purchases on the Rise (2) Sourcing Optimization
A few items to highlight from CombineNet’s “Sourcing Visionaries” event held yesterday in Chicago. (1) P&G Purchases Uldis Sipols, VP, Global Product Supply Purchases at Procter & Gamble delivered the... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 2)
In our last article, we discussed this Chief Procurement Officer for a Fortune 500 Company’s achievements over his first four years in the role. During this time, he led a... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 1)
I am glad that I did not have this unnamed Chief Procurement Officer and “friend of the site” for Freshman English. You are too. Trust me. You will see what... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – CPO @ Fortune 100 Company
While all of the Chief Procurement Officers in our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series have all been kind enough to support the site and our industry by sharing... Read more