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August 11, 2011

State of the CPO – Reporting Structure

Our “State of the Chief Procurement Officer” discussion, focusing on Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, continues today. It is no accident... Read more
June 3, 2011

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... Read more
May 6, 2011

The CPO Scorecard™

For those who have taken the survey for my next report – a sincere thanks! For those that have not yet, please consider spending a few minutes today taking the... Read more
April 29, 2011

Keeping Score

In the survey for our upcoming research report, we pose the question: Savings impact on procurement bonuses: To what extent do savings results drive your bonus structure? Less than 25%... Read more
March 18, 2011

The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews

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... Read more
March 10, 2011

The Dog Days – Reprise

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... Read more
February 2, 2011

Early Indication: Things Are Brewing

Happy Groundhog Day! 125 years ago today a small group in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, found a groundhog, named him Phil and crowned “Punxsutawney Phil” as the one, “official” weather “prognosticator of... Read more
November 18, 2010

The CFO and the CPO: One World

Perhaps it is because I spent the first half of my career in finance as a consultant and banker and the second half of my career dedicated to procurement (or... Read more
November 12, 2010

Suppliers: Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?

They say that “fast money makes fast friends,” but paying slow will make you friends in the finance department. As Chief Procurement Officers and their departments become more involved in... Read more
November 10, 2010

Free Money (Details Inside)

With interest rates hovering near their all-time lows, finding a good yield on an enterprise’s cash has been all but impossible for the past few years. Things have gotten so... Read more