Transforming Procurement in Five Easy Steps
One of the challenges to studying a phenomenon (also known as a dependent variable) is to forego assigning causation to a single independent variable without considering other potential variables and…
Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief…
Proactive Procurement: The CPO’s Five Keys to Success
A full year into the pandemic and it is great to see so many Chief Procurement Officers focusing on executing key strategies despite COVID-19. March and April are traditionally very…
Flashback Friday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Leveraging Technology to Drive Business Value
[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement…
CPO: All Master Craftsmen Need Their Tools
There is no profession where a true master tradesman intentionally lays aside the core tools and equipment of their craft – skill, creativity, and dedication cannot replace them. Major technological…
Procurement 2021 Big Trends: Technology is the Linchpin to Procurement Operations
While the procurement industry is consistently evolving and shifting, 2021 begins after a truly unprecedented year. In 2020, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams were forced to face massive disruptions,…
2021: It’s Time for Procurement to Engage
“The whole notion of collaboration, both internally and externally, I think, is something that, in procurement, we have to be really religious about. We have to be really militant about…
On Being BOLD in 2021
Recent studies of human behavior and thinking invariably show that there are a large number of natural influences or biases that can affect individual and organizational decision-making. It is a…
A Practical Guide to E-auctions for Procurement – Book published today!
Publisher’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Jacob Larsen, Director of Digital Procurement at Maersk Group, renowned procurement technologist and eAuctions expert. Jacob is also a longtime friend…
Procurement Rising Podcast – Jacob Larsen, Maersk Group & Published Author
Today, Episode 102 of our new Procurement Rising Podcast In this podcast, I will be interviewing Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in…