Failing to Leverage Business Value from Technology
Today, we continue our Technology Adoption Series - Ardent Partners’ latest research report[i] introduced the concept of a “Procurement Competency Matrix” which looks at a list of many of the…
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,…
1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners
Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 2)
Today we have part two of a profile of "friend of the site," Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat. Part one is here. In 2002, Air…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 1)
Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat, is our latest “CPO on the Rise in 2011” who helped build a procurement department and then develop its strategy…
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,…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 3)
Our profile of Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. concludes today (It began here and continued here). Since the…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 2)
Our story with CPO on the Rise in 2011, Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. continues today with a…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 1)
After a slightly longer than expected break, our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series ramps back up this month and will go "full throttle" over the summer. We have…
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…