Six Major Trends for AP in 2012
While I have personally have spent a good deal of my time over the past six years focusing on the accounts payable market, at Ardent Partners, we have another analyst…
State of the Procurement Market Webinar
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). Readers have…
Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Puridiom
As CPO Rising continues to advance and mature through the years, we will strive to introduce new ideas in new ways and formats. Today we start by introducing a new…
User Adoption Webinar
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here (registration required) Our recent Adoption Series, seen by clicking here, will continue this week with a look at…
Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report
In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…
Collaborative Sourcing
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning
The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…
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,…
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…