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Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts
I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &... Read more
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Scott Singer – Global Procurement Transformation in the Cloud at Rio Tinto (Ariba Live)
Today’s article focuses on the customer keynote presentation delivered by Scott Singer, Rio Tinto’s Head of Procurement, at Ariba LIVE last week. First, one quick story about Scott that, I... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk (Ariba LIVE Version): (1) Supplier Enablement’s Long Tail (2) ACH Payments
Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2011 was held last week in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort [Sidebar: What a great place to hold an event! More on... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct (Part 2)
In our last article, Kirk Eberhart, our latest CPO on the Rise in 2011, gave us the view from the top of procurement at TMK IPSCO. Kirk reports to the... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct
Our next CPOs on the Rise in 2011 story focuses on direct materials and the supply chain and an interview with “friend of the site,” Kirk Eberhart, Director of Purchasing... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – A Passion for Procurement
Procurement: it’s not just a job, it’s a passion. Our next CPO on the Rise in 2011 is a Chief Procurement Officer in the hi-tech industry, who in his own... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk: (1) Happy Anniversary CPO Rising (2) eSourcing 2.0 Enacted
CPO Rising Celebrates One Year Anniversary! Although we technically started publishing articles on CPO Rising on Jan 1, 2010, we waited until April 1, 2010 to announce its existence to... Read more
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Brokers Wild – Pressure on Japanese Supply Chain Intensifies
I’ve intentionally held off from discussing the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown story because I fear the absolute worst from this situation and I hate being an alarmist. I will return to... Read more
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CPO Shop Talk: (1) P&G Purchases on the Rise (2) Sourcing Optimization
A few items to highlight from CombineNet’s “Sourcing Visionaries” event held yesterday in Chicago. (1) P&G Purchases Uldis Sipols, VP, Global Product Supply Purchases at Procter & Gamble delivered the... Read more
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Are You a Servant to Your Master Data?
A few weeks ago, I delivered a webinar on Master Data Management The webinar which was sponsored by Zynapse, a division of Zycus, has been archived and can be accessed... Read more