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CPO Bracketology – Day 3
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different... Read more
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CPO Bracketology – Day Two
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different... Read more
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CPO Rising 2012 Tournament – First Round, First Games
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different... Read more
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CPO Rising Tournament 2012
What is the best CPO tool or strategy in 2012? Our field of 32 determines this year’s champion Yes folks, it’s March Madness, Chief Procurement Officer Style, where the different... Read more
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Half Full or Half Empty? The State of Spend Analysis in 2012
Despite my somewhat strident tone in the last two articles that focused on The State of Spend Analysis in 2012 (article 1 and article 2), I continue to be impressed... Read more
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The State of Spend Analysis in 2012 (2)
In our introduction to The State of Spend Analysis in 2012, we flowed from sourcing seamlessly into spend analysis to make a point. Thinking about sourcing without spend analysis is... Read more
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The State of Spend Analysis in 2012
We recently discussed the importance of having and maintaining a sourcing pipeline, arguing that “that the development of a sourcing pipeline remains one of the most important activities for any... Read more
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Research Survey: ePayables 2012 – State of the AP Market
Today’s article from Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners is more of a request to participate in our one large AP-themed market research effort. Please read the whole article,... Read more
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CPO News – March 7, 2012
L’Oreal’s CPO is Rising – Barbara Lavernos Takes Top Post Breaking News: Barbara Lavernos, Chief Procurement Officer for the L’Oréal Group has just been appointed the Managing Director of “L’Oréal Luxe... Read more
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Sourcing Pipelines
While Chief Procurement Officers have begun to favor collaboration more and more as a main strategy to drive savings each year, sourcing and supplier negotiations remain the primary (but, not... Read more