Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies
Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple’s bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in illegal kickbacks from the…
eSourcing: Five Lessons Learned from Gregg Brandyberry
Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of…
The Value of Change Management for Accounts Payable
Changing a business process is not an easy task; it takes a significant amount of time and effort to first motivate stakeholders to want to change, and then to actually…
How to Counter the “Unknown Unknowns” in Supply Risk Management
Some of the most interesting facets of supply risk management revolve around the unknown – what could happen, under what circumstances, what the impact could be, and what to do…
Webinar! It Pays to Pay Electronically: What Does Paperless Mean to You?
For many in Procurement and Accounts Payable, going paperless cuts out a lot of the pain associated with manual processing. ePayments are often described as a digital easy button. But…
Gregg Brandyberry: Profile of a CPO Rising Hall-of-Famer
Today on CPO Rising, we highlight the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, President of Rapid Deployment Procurement Excellence, Inc., and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall…
New Webinar – CPO Rising 2016: The Art and Science of Procurement
As our readers know, CPO Rising is the name of this website, but it is also the name of both our annual CPO research study and event. Well, I am…
Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem
For the past 10 years, Coupa has focused on what it calls “Value-as-a-Service,” which has taken the form of a desire to drive value for its customers. This focus was…
Coupa, Inspired!
A decade ago, as a favor to Coupa's founders, I participated on calls with several VC firms who were looking at investing in the new start-up (Coupa). The discussions focused…
CPO Rising 2016 Recap: The CEO’s View of Procurement
On Day 1 of Ardent Partners’ inaugural CPO Rising procurement executive summit, Louie Psallidas, President and CEO of Uno Restaurants, delivered a keynote presentation entitled, “The CEO’s View of Procurement:…