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Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Four: Clear Communication
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what you communicate during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never... Read more
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Talking Supplier Collaboration, Innovation, and Risk Management with Sue Welch, CEO of Bamboo Rose
Ardent Partners’ research analyst and editor at CPO Rising, Matthew York, recently interviewed Sue Welch, CEO of Bamboo Rose, a Boston-area digital marketplace that connects retail companies, suppliers, and third... Read more
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Three More Non-Price Attributes to Source Better
Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is often much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, they often hear from business stakeholders that competitive sourcing is not the... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – April 19, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – March 29, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend... Read more
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Best Practices in Supplier Management – A 360 Degree View
A fact of 2018 is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the right ones and managing them well is. Heightened volatility in a market that has become increasingly... Read more
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Intelligence-Driven CSR: Putting Big Data to Good Use
Business intelligence, namely procurement intelligence, can be a force for good in the world. Armed with good intelligence, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams have the power to not only... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – March 22, 2018
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend... Read more
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The Changing Nature of Supplier Management
Business in 2018 is remarkably different than it was five years ago and it will be remarkably different five years from now. Product lifecycles are collapsing as are the windows... Read more
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Spark 2018: Scout Catches Fire
A few of life’s great mysteries: (1) Are we alone in the universe? (2) What is the meaning of life? (3) How in the world is Howie Mandel still on television? and... Read more