The Adoption Series (1)
Having been immersed in the world of supply management technology (development, packaging, usage) for many years, I was startled by the market adoption numbers I found in my first market…
P2P Excellence – Design for Success (2)
This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners In our last article, (found here), we talked about Ardent’s P2P research series that is aimed at helping…
P2P Excellence – Design for Success (1)
This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners Ardent Partners is in the process of publishing a series of reports that are designed to help organizations…
Webinar – Collaborative Sourcing: Achieving the Next Wave of Sourcing Savings
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) Next Wednesday,…
Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead
It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…
CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management
BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…
CPO Shop Talk (SAP SAPPHIRE Edition): (1) Overview (2) Portfolio Synchronicity (3) Users
Don't think me unkind, but those procurement pros who were in Orlando last week and spent all of their time at the ISM conference missed another great procurement event just…
Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2
Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…
CPO Shop Talk (SAP Procurement Summit): Contract Management (1) Deployment (2) Feedback (3) Supply Risk
Last week brought me to Palo Alto to present the keynote at SAP’s Procurement Summit West, an event that SAP's SRM/Procurement team uses to bring its customers together for networking…
Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts
I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &…