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Procurement Influencer Series: Richard Waugh of Zycus

By Andrew Bartolini January 5, 2015Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

In the procurement and supply management spaces, Richard Waugh is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of experience in B2B, eCommerce, and Sourcing technology development and innovation. Richard…

Best of 2014: Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at ADM

By Andrew Bartolini January 1, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

Happy New Year! Our Best of 2014 series continues below: This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 2) – A Business Case is Made

By Andrew Bartolini December 18, 2014Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 1) – It Begins

By Andrew Bartolini December 11, 2014Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Many years ago, one very large full-service BPO firm stopped working with me because I told them that procurement outsourcing was not on the radar screen of the average Chief…

What Buyers Should Know about Supplier Relationship Management: One Supplier’s Take

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 31, 2014Articles, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

For procurement and sourcing teams, collaborating with suppliers, effectively communicating business needs, and building and maintaining supplier relationships are critical and often overlooked parts of the strategic sourcing process. While…

Tom Linton: Leading the Way towards Superior Performance at Flextronics

By Andrew Bartolini October 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…

Growth and Expansion – the Archer Daniels Midland Way

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…

Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at Archer Daniels Midland

By Andrew Bartolini October 15, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…

Dr. Nick Nayak – A Profile of a Public-Sector Chief Procurement Officer

By Andrew Bartolini September 23, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Strategy

This year we have been working to deliver a "CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable" series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers…

Ariba LIVE 2014: Contingent Labor and the Overlooked Opportunity

By Christopher Dwyer March 28, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Publisher's note: Our original plan for today was to publish an article focused on the "larger" themes and announcements at Aribe LIVE, but with SAP's announcement on Wednesday to acquire…