A New Era of Work Optimization: A Foundation for the Future of Work
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a small slice of the new Future of Work Compendium research study. The new report was developed to serve as a “guidebook” for those organizations…
Last Chance to Download our Webinar, “How to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Operation”
About the Webinar Last month, Ardent Partners and Ivalua presented a highly interactive webinar that highlighted the key strategies needed to Build a Better, Faster, Smarter Procurement Organization. After all, the proper…
Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Seven: Proactive and Ongoing Supplier Outreach
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…
Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Six: A Warm Welcome
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…
Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Five: Efficient (and Robust) Evaluations
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…
Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Three: Tighter Specifications
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…
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…
Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part One: Know Your Spend
As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what is communicated during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never become…
Payables Place First Thing: Top Strategies for P2P Success
Last week I presented on a webinar with Zycus entitled ‘Design Thinking: Top Strategies for P2P Success’. The webinar contained some excellent practical and useful information that I thought would make for…
Holistic Strategies and Approaches to Optimize P2P Operations and Performance
Leveraging technology to drive business value is an important organizational capability and most procurement departments fare poorly in this regard. Best-in-Class procurement teams have differentiated themselves with superior performance across…