CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – The Many Hats of John Sorci (Part 2)
In our previous article, we introduced, "friend of the site," John Sorci, our first CPO on the Rise in 2011 with a set of duties and responsibilities that have expanded…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – The Many Hats of John Sorci (Part 1)
Welcome to week three of our series, CPOs on the Rise in 2011, that is focused on highlighting different procurement executives and the strategies and approaches they will take (and…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Holger Baeuerle: In the Mood for Procurement (Part 2)
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues with Part 2 of our profile of Holger Baeuerle, Senior Vice President - Head of Global Procurement at Moody’s Corporation’s (Ticker – NYSE:…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Holger Baeuerle: In the Mood for Procurement (Part 1)
In the Spring of 2007, friend of the site, Holger Baeuerle became the first Chief Procurement Officer in the company that John Moody founded in 1914, Moody’s Corporation’s (Ticker –…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 2)
Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series continues today with part two of our profile of Price Marr, a procurement executive with Ameren Corporation (Ticker - NYSE: AEE), one…
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 1)
Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series starts with Price Marr, a procurement executive (and ‘friend of the site’) who’s generating a ton of procurement value out in the…
ROA – Return on Human Capital
If Streisand is correct in saying that “people who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” I want to go to Vegas with an entourage of Chief Procurement…
ROA – Improve Your Return on Technology Assets (Strat. Sourcing)
Two years ago this month, I caught up with the Chief Procurement Officer of a US Federal agency about her plans for the upcoming year and our discussion turned to…
ROA – Inventory
Our original Return on Assets (“ROA”) article generally used a literal definition of assets (as opposed to an accounting one) - assets: things of value. Improving ROA is then asking,…
Case Study: Payment Terms & Strategies
The healthcare company that was highlighted in this earlier article is pressed for cash, having lost millions of dollars in each of the last two years. While there is also…