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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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I delivered a webinar on Master Data Management The webinar which was sponsored by Zynapse, a division of Zycus, has been archived and can be accessed…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 2)
In our last article, we discussed this Chief Procurement Officer for a Fortune 500 Company’s achievements over his first four years in the role. During this time, he led a…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 1)
I am glad that I did not have this unnamed Chief Procurement Officer and “friend of the site” for Freshman English. You are too. Trust me. You will see what…
The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews
We are only in the early stages of our Chief Procurement Officers on the Rise in 2011, but before we resume, I wanted to highlight a few excerpts from my…