ROA – Software (Maintenance & Support)
In this Return on Assets series, we have previously discussed how improving the usage of sourcing/procurement software can improve your returns (here and here). Yes, software can be a huge…
ROA – Now Showing: “The Return of eProcurement”
Our ROA (Return on Assets) series continues... In the movie business, “Returns” can mean big "returns" at the box office – Just ask the King or the Jedi or two…
ROA – Return on Human Capital
If Streisand is correct in saying that “people who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” I want to go to Vegas with an entourage of Chief Procurement…
ROA – Inventory
Our original Return on Assets (“ROA”) article generally used a literal definition of assets (as opposed to an accounting one) - assets: things of value. Improving ROA is then asking,…
MMQ – Batteries Not Included
Batteries Not Included. If you were born before 1985, you know this phrase and it is likely to evoke memories of opening a toy gift during the holidays and having…
ROA – Capital Machinery and Equipment
Continuing the discussion of increasing your ROA or Return on Assets – this article will look at how procurement can improve the ROA on capital equipment. While increasing the utilization…
Return on Assets (ROA)
On the eve of the last month of our first year at CPO Rising and during a return trip home from a November vacation, it seems to be the right…
Case Study: Payment Terms & Strategies
The healthcare company that was highlighted in this earlier article is pressed for cash, having lost millions of dollars in each of the last two years. While there is also…
The CFO and the CPO: One World
Perhaps it is because I spent the first half of my career in finance as a consultant and banker and the second half of my career dedicated to procurement (or…
Monday Morning Query – Should Procurement Own AP?
It's mid-season and time to reintroduce the “MMQ” concept: during football season in the US, sports reporters, commentators, and fans wake up on Monday morning and start calling, posting, emailing,…