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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 2)
Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series continues today with part two of our profile of Price Marr, a procurement executive with Ameren Corporation (Ticker – NYSE: AEE), one... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 1)
Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series starts with Price Marr, a procurement executive (and ‘friend of the site’) who’s generating a ton of procurement value out in the... Read more
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MMQ – What Kind of CPO (Coach) Are You?
On the last “Monday morning” of the NFL season, we appropriately end our first season of the Monday Morning Query series where on many Mondays during the NFL season, we... Read more
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Early Indication: Things Are Brewing
Happy Groundhog Day! 125 years ago today a small group in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, found a groundhog, named him Phil and crowned “Punxsutawney Phil” as the one, “official” weather “prognosticator of... Read more
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Embedded – Reprise
Another big procurement issue is how to collaborate and engage with the business. This article looks at one way strategy that can help achieve both: Today we will focus on... Read more
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CPOs: Think Globally, Network Locally – Reprise
Since this article’s first run, Boston CPOs have begun meeting on occasion. How about the CPOs in other major cities/regions? The CPOs in the Bay Area have an informal group... Read more
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The CPO “Bump” – Reprise
Our retrospective continues with a few CPO strategies While the cost of some marketing programs can be excessive, effective campaigns can pay huge dividends for many years. One of the... Read more
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What’s Past is Prologue! – Reprise
Editor’s Note: To celebrate our first anniversary, we are sharing a few of our favorites from year one. This article kicked it all off…. We think it holds true today.... Read more
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ROA – Yes, Suppliers Are Assets
Short week, short article: How many procurement departments treat their suppliers like assets? While I believe that many procurement groups act like they “own” their suppliers, based upon the terms... Read more
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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... Read more