And the Winner is……
This Sunday night, tens of millions in the US and many more around the globe will gather around their televisions (and computers?) to watch the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. According…
Fail-safe
When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…
Five Forces in Business Travel
The Masters Program in partnership with The National Business Travel Association, was held last month in Washington D.C., and by my estimation delivered on its promise to deliver an event…
Proof: eAuctions are NOT Evil
Hypothesis: eAuctions (and eSourcing) are not evil. Proof: I. Google’s Code of Conduct states in its Preface: "Don't be evil." Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our…
Meadwestvaco’s Total P2P Package
Chris Osen, Vice President of Supply Management at Meadwestvaco ("MWV") took the presentation baton from me at the NAPP Conference (after I took it from Bill Dempsey) and delivered a…
P2P Tastes Great at MillerCoors
Bill Dempsey, Director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing at MillerCoors ("MC") kicked off the 18th Annual NAPP Conference in Marina Del Rey this past Monday with a Keynote Address entitled…
10 for 2010: Strategies to Improve Accounts Payable
I have a good feeling about Accounts Payable (AP) in this decade. In recent years, there has been increasing momentum within the marketplace for AP transformation. Not the kind of…
10 for 2010: ROA – Areas to Improve Your Returns
If the US government could collect a dollar for every article, report, or presentation with a “Doing More with Less” theme created in recent times, its deficit issues might be…
European CPOs: Capitalising on the Best Opportunities
Once again, we interrupt the “10 for 2010” series to highlight a webinar (free registration) that I will be participating in tomorrow that looks at the top opportunities for European…
10 for 2010: CPOs on the Rise in 2010
As I noted in my previous article, I believe that the leadership and managerial skills found in many of today’s Chief Procurement Officers (including those below) will provide the foundation…