Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (2)
Our CPOs on the Rise series continues today with Part Two of a Q&A with another "friend of the site" - Daniel Warn (Part One is found here). Dan is…
CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
We keep finding ourselves drawn to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) - Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) relationship story because it is one of the most difficult and challenging within the…
Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (1)
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar that focused on the issues of procurement performance and procurement value and the fundamental differences that exist between the…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling all Suppliers
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues - In our last article we introduced you to an EMEA-based Chief Procurement Officer who works for a company that operates in 38…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling All Suppliers
So, where were we? Ahh, that’s right – the CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series is back and with a big push coming up we plan to focus on…
Analyst Q&A – 2012 Outlook (3)
Where are we headed in 2012? It may be too soon to predict but I gave it my best shot during a recent media session. What follows is a rough…
CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times
In what is surely a "sign o' the times," over the past two weeks, I have connected with several leading Chief Procurement Officers who are all moving on to other…
Webinar: Strategies to Manage and Improve Procurement Performance
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) A brief…
Failing to Leverage Business Value from Technology
Today, we continue our Technology Adoption Series - Ardent Partners’ latest research report[i] introduced the concept of a “Procurement Competency Matrix” which looks at a list of many of the…
Savings and Everything After
Dateline Boston 2011: Analyst firm, Ardent Partners' recent research shows that savings is the top business pressure driving Chief Procurement Officers to perform... Stop the Presses![i] Yes, it is true.…