Predictions for the New Decade (1-5) – Reprise
A few predictions for this decade... For many years now, the arrival of every new calendar sends me into a list-making frenzy that consumes several weeks as I work to…
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…
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.…
Aligning Processes and Systems II – Reprise
More on the universal challenge of properly aligning processes and systems... When you talk to procurement organizations large and small about the primary challenges that impede that group’s ability to…
Aligning Processes and Systems I – Reprise
Traded comments this week with a friend of the site, where I made the point that many challenges facing procurement departments are universal - for both large and small enterprises.…
The Gold Standard – Reprise
Among other topics, Ardent Partners' upcoming report The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews tackles the big issue of procurement performance measurement. This article looks at a golden…
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…
eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case – Reprise
Editor’s Note: This article kicked off one of last year’s most popular topics: eSourcing 2.0. For more than a decade, strategic sourcing consultants, professionals, and solution providers have been working…
More eSourcing Myths – Reprise
Editor's Note: We continue our look back at articles from our first year by exposing five more commonly-held eSourcing myths (or what are also commonly-used excuses to bypass eSourcing). eSourcing…