Keeping Score
Even the Chief Procurement Officers who focus almost solely on savings realize that procurement can deliver value across a wide range of areas. To misquote Vince Lombardi, "Savings isn't everything....…
CPO News – March 1, 2013
All the CPO News That's Fit to Print New South African Chief Procurement Officer to Lead Transformation and Fight Huge Corruption Earlier this week, South African Minister of Finance, Pravin…
Send a Lieutenant
From the Archives (May 19, 2010) but, with a few updates: This one is worth another look if simply for the picture - Wow! In January of 2007, “Mister Softee”…
Bring a Lieutenant
From the Archives (May, 18, 2010 but, with a few updates): I was recently reminded of this article as I exchanged notes with the the CPO profiled in this article…
CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Webinar)
Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing key findings from Ardent Partners' latest research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score. And, I will continue to share findings going forward.…
From CPO to EVP & Global Head of Business Services
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading…
When Collaboration is Not a Main Focus
Over the last few articles, we have looked at collaboration - first I looked at collaboration from the CPO's perspective and then, Vishal looked at it from the accounts payable…
The Role of CPO Remains a Work in Progress
Today, we continue our discussion of the State of the Chief Procurement Officer (Part one is here) This article is based upon the research found in Ardent Partners’ annual CPO…
The State of the Chief Procurement Officer – 2013
As I noted last time, my Ardent Partners' annual CPO Rising report is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here (registration required). CPOs and those…
CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Report Now Available)
I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' annual market research report focused on the state of procurement and the Chief Procurement Officer is now available from the report's different…