CPO Shop Talk: (1) Supply Risk in the Ts & Cs (2) Ph.D in Supply Management?
Our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series takes a detour to Houston, where earlier this week, I delivered, for the first time, a detailed discussion of my recet research…
Innovation: Pushing Boundaries at Concur Fusion
Innovation will be a bigger theme at CPO Rising this year, it will also be the central focus of our major research report in the first half of 2011 [Sidebar:…
The Social Network and Business Travel
After a introducing Six Trends in Business Travel that will impact your travel programs and discussing Why You Need a Dynamic Travel Policy, we’ll close this mini T&E series that…
Why You Need a Dynamic Travel Policy
The category of business travel is one of the largest controllable categories of spend within the average enterprise. It remains one of the most complex to manage and it is…
Dinner, Drinks, and……. A Roundtable on Sourcing Success
Dinner, Drinks, and a Movie Roundtable on Sourcing Success – what could be better? One of the first reports that we published at Ardent Partners, Sourcing in the 2010’s: The…
Master Data Mastery – Strategies to Improve Procurement Performance
I've said it before: The world is becoming more and more data driven. The enterprise is also becoming more and more data driven – whether it is strategic planning or…
Webinar: Five New Year’s Resolutions for More Effective T&E Management
Over the years, my supply management research has, at times, taken a process focus or a technology focus or an industry focus or a regional focus or a role focus.…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Tomorrow we celebrate CPO Rising’s one year anniversary. What an exciting year it was! First, thank you for making CPO Rising the fastest growing site in the…
Season’s Greetings from CPO Rising!
May your savings always be implemented and your spend always well-managed. Season's Greetings, from all of us at CPO Rising!
The Future of Enterprise IT
September 24 - what a great day! At last week’s Emptoris Empower conference, noted technology author and consultant, Geoffrey Moore delivered a keynote presentation entitled “The Future of Enterprise IT…