Procurement Haiku Week (2)
Somehow, something called "Haiku Week" at CPO Rising continues (my eighth grade English teacher would be so proud) Process Experts Know Mind the Gaps or Lose the Save Link Source-to-Settle…
Procurement Haiku Week (1)
It's Procurement Haiku Week at CPO Rising. With Innovative Ideas More Procurement Value Found CPOs Rising ____________________________________________________________________________ CPO Target Drive Value, Impact Earnings 15 cents per share The characters in…
Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead
It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 3)
Our profile of Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. concludes today (It began here and continued here). Since the…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 2)
Our story with CPO on the Rise in 2011, Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. continues today with a…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 1)
After a slightly longer than expected break, our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series ramps back up this month and will go "full throttle" over the summer. We have…
CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management
BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…
CPO Shop Talk (SAP SAPPHIRE Edition): (1) Overview (2) Portfolio Synchronicity (3) Users
Don't think me unkind, but those procurement pros who were in Orlando last week and spent all of their time at the ISM conference missed another great procurement event just…
CPO Rising Update (May 2011)
Since the world did not end this weekend, I thought it might be time for a few thank-yous and updates to start the week. We’ll be right back at it…
A “Must-Have” AP Metric
Following up on Wednesday’s Monday Morning Query (Offering a "Monday" series on a Wednesday is what happens when you spend two full weeks at conferences in Orlando; it’s gonna leave…