(Procurement) Fraud Prevention (3) – Why It’s Important
Our recent focus on procurement fraud which began here with coverage of one Bad Apple and was followed here with a discussion of different CPO strategies , including those of…
Back to School (Training)
In the course of any year, there are a few unique windows that present themselves for planning and reflection. We’ve talked about spring cleaning as a time to get your…
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…
Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples
Proverb: One bad apple spoils the barrel Scientific Fact: One bad apple spoils the barrel Organizational Behavior Research: A bad apple (at work) can spoil the barrel Bad Apples -…
Luca Guzzabocca – Banking on Procurement (Part 2)
In our last article, we introduced you to "friend of the site," Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE, Security Management (or “Chief Procurement Officer”) at Banca Monte Dei…
Luca Guzzabocca: Banking on Procurement (Part 1)
There are certain people who come to epitomize their community while also being active participants in it. Sometimes they become statesmen, like Warren Buffet, who’s played that role for the…
The Dog Days
With apologies to our growing contingent of Chief Procurement Officers and other readers based in the southern hemisphere who are hip-deep into winter – please set a reminder in your…
CPO Shop Talk – More Webinar Q&A
This edition of Chief Procurement Officer Shop Talk is part two of the Q&A portion of a webinar that I delivered on July 7th for Zycus - an archive of…
Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2B)
We’ll hop right into today’s article which follows this article (link) chronologically as part of an extended series where we have gotten to know Mario Mosca (amico del sito) and…
Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2A)
We continue today with Part 2A of our case study of how Enel, Europe’s second largest utility company with annual revenue exceeding 64 billion €, made its case for an…