Becoming a CPO in 2014
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. I'm pleased to announce that one of my latest reports, Becoming a CPO…
CPO News – December 10, 2013
Sorry, it has been a while since we've delivered the CPO News, so let's get to our top stories for and about Chief Procurement Officers. New Chief Procurement Officer for…
Who’s Ready for the New Procurement?
Who's Ready for the New Procurement? The fact is, we are ALL ready. Procurement has made huge strides over the past decade, but we've hit a plateau. We need something…
CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part I)
The team here at CPO Rising is always particularly interested in the future of the spend management industry. It’s exciting to think of the new technologies, new solutions and new…
Zycus Horizon 2013: AMD’s Pathway to Procurement Excellence
Zycus’ annual user conference, Horizon 2013, was held this past week and offered up a blend of thought leadership, customer case studies, company vision, and a celebrity keynote (Archie Manning).…
Whirlpool’s Enhanced Supplier Repository
Last week, I attended iValua’s biennial user conference, “iValua: On Air” in Paris. iValua is a French-based solution provider with a full source-to-pay suite. The event offered a blend of…
An Epic Welcome to Procurement
There's a new meme making its way around the "internets" courtesy of a Georgia Tech sophomore's welcome speech at this year's Freshman Convocation. It's less than two minutes and since…
CPO News – July 1, 2013
New month, quarter, and fiscal (for some) and all the CPO News that's fit to print! U.S. Steel Appoints Christine S. Breves Vice President And Chief Procurement Officer In June,…
The CPO – CFO Alliance
“The CFO-CPO relationship might be the most important relationship that exists or needs to exist within the enterprise.”– John Paterson, Chief Procurement Officer, IBM We agree with John and that's…
Start Measuring It
[Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is hosting a new webinar. Click for details and to register "Game of Thrones: How a Strong CFO-CPO Alliance Can Command Top Performance" - July 25…