Monday Morning Query – Can Sourcing be Strategic Without the “e?”
MMQ - Can sourcing be strategic without the “e?” The Context In this day and age, can a sourcing process that eschews process automation be considered a truly strategic process?…
Sourcing – The Formula for Success
We’re pleased to announce that Ardent Partners, a leading analyst firm focused on supply management (and in case you forgot, the partner entity to CPO Rising), has published its first…
MMQ – Procurement Rorschach Test – Is Procurement a Finance or Operations Function?
Monday Morning Query: Is Procurement a Finance or Operations Function? The Context The next topic that Ardent Partners (a leading supply management research firm) will be focusing on is the…
The Future of P2P – eProcurement (Part 4)
The “Future of P2P” series continues today with a look at integration. Every time we think we're nearing the end of this series, more ideas keep popping up that we…
Supply Risk and its Potential to Negatively Impact Revenue
If you are looking for another example of the importance of procurement and its impact on revenue and profits, just pick up today’s business section of your newspaper do a…
Monday Morning Query: Why Aren’t There More RFIs?
The Context Information. We all need it. We all want it. We all use it. It’s so helpful when it’s timely, accurate, and comprehensive – even if it’s never quite…
The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 3)
No prelude for part three of this miniseries on the Future of P2P – eProcurement - other than to say part one which looked the key problems and future of…
Supplier Discovery
dis·cov·er \dis-kə-vər\ verb: (1): to make known or visible; (2): to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time; On Monday, 46 or 47 of the 50 US States…
The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 2)
Today, part two of our “mini-series” on the Future of P2P – eProcurement (part one is here) which is part of our larger look at the future of supply management…
Monday Morning Query: When Will Spend Analysis Start Working More Like Google?
As we progress from the Future of P2P (more this week) to the Future of Strategic Sourcing technology we will inevitably spend time talking about Spend Analysis; ahead of that,…