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AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade
In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s... Read more
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Is Spend Under Management Still Procurement’s Gold Standard
Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful Chief Procurement Officers and procurement organizations that have... Read more
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Procurement’s Impact on Cash Management
The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates a very real threat of a deep economic downturn. In response, the CFO’s new “hierarchy of needs” has placed a laser focus... Read more
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Throwback Thursday – The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews
Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. Near the end of Ardent Partners’ first year (2010), I... Read more
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The CFO and Finance/AP Leadership (Track 3)
(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO /AP / Finance Leadership session today!) Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: The CPO’s Strategic Agenda 2007 – Managing Performance, Reporting to the CFO
We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry in our State of Procurement research series. And, as the co-author of this edition, it is great to... Read more
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CPO Rising 2K20 – The Resiliency Imperative… So, Now What?
If you’ve visited this site anytime over the past 6 weeks, you couldn’t help but notice that we’ve been busy pulling together a virtual series designed for procurement and supply... Read more
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The CPO and CFO: Partners in P2P
Today, an attempt to write something that doesn’t focus 100% on the coronavirus pandemic…. It is an interesting time to be working in procurement. This is true across all industries... Read more
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The Resiliency Imperative – The Role of Supply Chain Finance in Today’s COVID-19 World (Session 16 Overview)
The Resiliency Imperative sessions finish the week in strong fashion with a discussion targeted to CFOs, CPOs, Treasurers, and any professional reporting into these executive job roles. Tomorrow at 11 AM ET... Read more
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20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#19 – Cash Management)
In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders... Read more