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January 6, 2014

Becoming a CPO in 2014 – The CPO’s Perspective

Publisher’s Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Happy New Year! Are you ready for 2014? We are... Read more
December 16, 2013

CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part 2)

Publisher’s Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. With my new report, Becoming a CPO in 2014: The... Read more
December 13, 2013

Becoming a CPO in 2014

Publisher’s Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. I’m pleased to announce that one of my latest reports, Becoming a CPO... Read more
December 10, 2013

CPO News – December 10, 2013

Sorry, it has been a while since we’ve delivered the CPO News, so let’s get to our top stories for and about Chief Procurement Officers. New Chief Procurement Officer for... Read more
November 25, 2013

Who’s Ready for the New Procurement?

Who’s Ready for the New Procurement? The fact is, we are ALL ready. Procurement has made huge strides over the past decade, but we’ve hit a plateau. We need something... Read more
November 22, 2013

CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part I)

The team here at CPO Rising is always particularly interested in the future of the spend management industry. It’s exciting to think of the new technologies, new solutions and new... Read more
November 1, 2013

Zycus Horizon 2013: AMD’s Pathway to Procurement Excellence

Zycus’ annual user conference, Horizon 2013, was held this past week and offered up a blend of thought leadership, customer case studies, company vision, and a celebrity keynote (Archie Manning).... Read more
October 25, 2013

Whirlpool’s Enhanced Supplier Repository

Last week, I attended iValua’s biennial user conference, “iValua: On Air” in Paris. iValua is a French-based solution provider with a full source-to-pay suite. The event offered a blend of... Read more
August 22, 2013

An Epic Welcome to Procurement

There’s a new meme making its way around the “internets” courtesy of a Georgia Tech sophomore’s welcome speech at this year’s Freshman Convocation. It’s less than two minutes and since... Read more
July 1, 2013

CPO News – July 1, 2013

New month, quarter, and fiscal (for some) and all the CPO News that’s fit to print! U.S. Steel Appoints Christine S. Breves Vice President And Chief Procurement Officer In June,... Read more