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[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Procurement-themed report, “Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions.” Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the…

I had an interesting call on Monday with two recent grads from a top-tier Supply Chain program that are now both part of a global supply chain rotation program at…

I’d like to start by thanking everyone who visited CPO Rising during its first month (since our official launch), read our articles, sent notes and emails of encouragement, linked to…

Quiz: How should a Chief Procurement Officer implement eSourcing 2.0? (WWCPOD?) (Answer found at bottom of page) Our ongoing discussion of eSourcing 2.0 picks up from last Friday’s article which…

Have you ever been experienced? Well, I have…. Actually I haven’t. Wait, now I’m not sure, what are we talking about again? Like most other days at CPO Rising, today…

May is shaping up to be a busy month. To start, it is ‘events season’ for many of the solution providers in the supply management space and I will be…

Now that I’ve made it home, I’m going to spend the next few Fridays drilling down into the concept of eSourcing 2.0 which was introduced on the site earlier this…

As I write this, I wish I was in the clouds, literally. But I am not, still grounded in Italy by the volcanic ash clouds of Eyjafjallajökull (what a nice…

After the breakup of The Sugarcubes, I was pretty sure that nothing that ever happened in Iceland would have a big impact on my life. I was wrong. Curses, Eyjafjallajökull!!!…

We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming…. Two of my favorite things: (1) waking up in Italy and (2) talking about spend analysis. Despite my 90-year old Nonna’s…

It did not go unnoticed by my two brothers and some readers that I officially launched CPO Rising on April Fool’s Day. I’m not sure what that indicates, but after…
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