
Today I’m wrapping up our mini-series on direct materials and what differentiates it from indirect by looking at the transactional side — also known as procure to pay (P2P). Because…
CPO RISING – THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Today I’m wrapping up our mini-series on direct materials and what differentiates it from indirect by looking at the transactional side — also known as procure to pay (P2P). Because…

CPO Rising Celebrates One Year Anniversary! Although we technically started publishing articles on CPO Rising on Jan 1, 2010, we waited until April 1, 2010 to announce its existence to…

I’ve intentionally held off from discussing the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown story because I fear the absolute worst from this situation and I hate being an alarmist. I will return to…

A few items to highlight from CombineNet’s “Sourcing Visionaries” event held yesterday in Chicago. (1) P&G Purchases Uldis Sipols, VP, Global Product Supply Purchases at Procter & Gamble delivered the…

A few weeks ago, I delivered a webinar on Master Data Management The webinar which was sponsored by Zynapse, a division of Zycus, has been archived and can be accessed…

In our last article, we discussed this Chief Procurement Officer for a Fortune 500 Company’s achievements over his first four years in the role. During this time, he led a…

I am glad that I did not have this unnamed Chief Procurement Officer and “friend of the site” for Freshman English. You are too. Trust me. You will see what…

We are only in the early stages of our Chief Procurement Officers on the Rise in 2011, but before we resume, I wanted to highlight a few excerpts from my…

Just a short lead in for an upcoming webinar that I will be presenting next week. The upcoming webinar is sponsored by Zycus and you can register for it here. …

While all of the Chief Procurement Officers in our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series have all been kind enough to support the site and our industry by sharing…

Revisiting an earlier article that is timelier today for our many readers in the Southern Hemisphere, who are just getting to work on a long, hot Friday in the middle…
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