YouTube Hall of Fame – Procurement: Merck
With a hat tip to Grantland, a new ESPN site, founded this year by a fellow HC alum, we've decided to offer up our own "YouTube Hall of Fame." We…
A CPO with a Great Foundation
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Kevin Clearie’s path to becoming a Chief Procurement Officer started…
Chief Procurement Officer: The Position
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. The following is an excerpt from one of our recent…
Becoming a Chief Procurement Officer
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. When you were a kid, what did you want to…
CPO Shop Talk (1) An Adoption Roundtrip (2) Webinar Nov 1 (3) Market Alert
(1) An Adoption Roundtrip Over a home-cooked team dinner (asian fusion) at one Chief Procurement Officer's house this week, I fell into a discussion with a Director of Direct regarding…
Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (2)
Our CPOs on the Rise series continues today with Part Two of a Q&A with another "friend of the site" - Daniel Warn (Part One is found here). Dan is…
CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
We keep finding ourselves drawn to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) - Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) relationship story because it is one of the most difficult and challenging within the…
Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (1)
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar that focused on the issues of procurement performance and procurement value and the fundamental differences that exist between the…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling all Suppliers
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues - In our last article we introduced you to an EMEA-based Chief Procurement Officer who works for a company that operates in 38…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling All Suppliers
So, where were we? Ahh, that’s right – the CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series is back and with a big push coming up we plan to focus on…