Strategy Archives - Page 157 of 181 - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Designing a Procurement Transformation for Best-in-Class Performance

By Andrew Bartolini September 27, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this past summer, I published a research series on Procurement Transformation to help procurement organizations design, plan, build and execute a proper procurement transformation program and utilize leading-edge strategies…

The Talent Wars: Why Talent Will Be the #1 Focus in Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer September 24, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Strategy

Quickly: name the three things your organization is focused on in regards to managing its contingent workforce program. Need some help? 1. Cost savings, right? Every company, no matter the…

Don’t Overlook Contract Talent Onboarding (and Offboarding)

By Christopher Dwyer September 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

[Publisher's note: Ardent’s Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer is here to talk about an issue that plagues even the best managers of Contingent Workforce Management programs across the world: onboarding…

Mobility and Complex Spend Management (Part II)

By Christopher Dwyer September 16, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The first article in this two-part series highlighted the growing rise of mobile applications and solutions within the greater framework of complex spend management. Earlier, we discussed how mobile apps…

Corporate Convergence: Finance and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Convergence has been a big theme this past decade. Frankly, it seems like everything is converging with something else. Your local pharmacy is now your walk-in clinic. Your low-cost retailer…

A Collaborative Approach to Event Management

By Christopher Dwyer August 27, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Business travel and corporate meetings/events are two of the largest expenditures for the average enterprise, and while procurement organizations often find the good ways to reduce costs within these two…

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use?

By Christopher Dwyer August 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy

Contingent Labor: To Use…or Not to Use? That is the question.... Frequent readers of CPO Rising will have noticed a common theme running throughout my articles focused on contingent workforce…

The Changing View of Suppliers

By Vishal Patel August 16, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Today's article is based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn, which surveyed 245 AP and finance leaders. More on the report very soon. When…

How Are We Doing? Five Questions to Evaluate Your CWM Program

By Christopher Dwyer August 14, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

CPO Rising often presents content that addresses a wide variety of supply management concerns beyond the "core" or more traditional areas. As Chief Procurement Officers place more spend under management,…

Strategic Sourcing in 2013

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

What is strategic sourcing? Throughout our "Summer of Sourcing," we've looked at various aspects of the sourcing process, what sourcing leaders do to be more effective than their peers, and…