SNAFU
Supply Disruption (Candy) - Halloween in Massachusetts Today, October 31, 2011 is not Halloween, at least in certain parts of Massachusetts. It has been postponed. A "Nor'easter" has taken down…
CPO Shop Talk (1) An Adoption Roundtrip (2) Webinar Nov 1 (3) Market Alert
(1) An Adoption Roundtrip Over a home-cooked team dinner (asian fusion) at one Chief Procurement Officer's house this week, I fell into a discussion with a Director of Direct regarding…
Getting over the Adoption Hump: Spend Analysis
Today's Adoption Series entry follows our last article which looked at the concept of a “learning curve” and argued that until users find the new process to be more efficient…
Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (2)
Our CPOs on the Rise series continues today with Part Two of a Q&A with another "friend of the site" - Daniel Warn (Part One is found here). Dan is…
The Path to P2P Excellence Runs Through Finance and Procurement
In our last article, we discussed the opportunity that exists for many enterprises to improve their P2P operations (P2P is defined more broadly as Procurement and Accounts Payable - not…
CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
We keep finding ourselves drawn to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) - Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) relationship story because it is one of the most difficult and challenging within the…
Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (1)
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar that focused on the issues of procurement performance and procurement value and the fundamental differences that exist between the…
Adoption Series – Getting Over the Hump
I guess today (Wednesday) is “Hump Day” – It’s not a term I’ve ever incorporated into my everyday conversations. To be honest, I actually try to avoid using it because…
An ePayables Business Case Made Easy
As we mentioned in an article last week, Ardent Partners is initiating its technology coverage with the launch of the its first SMARTSet™. A SMARTSet is a low-cost, comprehensive set…
Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (2)
As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of…