YouTube Hall of Fame – Procurement: Arizona State
What do you do for a living? How many times have those of us working in Procurement/Supply Management struggled to answer the simple question “what do you do for a…
“Cyber Week” @ CPO Rising: Featuring “Sourcing in the 2010s” Report
For “Cyber Week,” we are running a few "promotions"- including our sponsors and our own time-sensitive, cyber-promotions of the research over on Ardent Partners (they will be time-sensitive, so make…
“Cyber Week” @ CPO Rising: Featuring An AP Business Case Template
For “Cyber Week,” we are running a few "promotions"- for our sponsors and for our own time-sensitive, cyber-promotions of the research over on Ardent Partners (they will be time-sensitive, so…
Investing in ePayables? What is Your ROI?
Today's article is by Vishal Patel, Research Director, ePayables at Ardent Partners. Ardent Partners has initiated its technology coverage with the launch of the ePayables SMARTSet™ - a low-cost, comprehensive…
Bridging the Social Media Gap (Use Case Example)
Today is the third article focused on our view of the potential impact that social networking will have in reshaping Supply Management (or B2B or P2P relationships). The first -…
Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)
Today, our final answer to the question: Do you have any advice for more tenured strategic sourcing teams? What should these teams be doing to prepare for the next 5-10…
Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (2)
Last week, I participated in a webinar - Strategic Imperatives of Procurement: People, Process & Technology - (you can view it by clicking here - registration required) that was sponsored…
Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (1)
Last week, I participated in a webinar (which was really more of a Q&A session than a traditional webinar) that was sponsored by Zycus. This event allowed me to tackle…
Attention Sourcing Professionals – A Few Recommendations
Tuesday afternoon I participated in a webinar/Q&A session that allowed me to tackle a series of hot topic questions [I'll post the archive when it becomes available]. One question that…
CPO Shop Talk (1) An Adoption Roundtrip (2) Webinar Nov 1 (3) Market Alert
(1) An Adoption Roundtrip Over a home-cooked team dinner (asian fusion) at one Chief Procurement Officer's house this week, I fell into a discussion with a Director of Direct regarding…