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Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet
I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a... Read more
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Keeping Score
Even the Chief Procurement Officers who focus almost solely on savings realize that procurement can deliver value across a wide range of areas. To misquote Vince Lombardi, “Savings isn’t everything….... Read more
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CPO News – March 1, 2013
All the CPO News That’s Fit to Print New South African Chief Procurement Officer to Lead Transformation and Fight Huge Corruption Earlier this week, South African Minister of Finance, Pravin... Read more
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CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Webinar)
Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing key findings from Ardent Partners’ latest research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score. And, I will continue to share findings going forward.... Read more
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From CPO to EVP & Global Head of Business Services
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading... Read more
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The Role of CPO Remains a Work in Progress
Today, we continue our discussion of the State of the Chief Procurement Officer (Part one is here) This article is based upon the research found in Ardent Partners’ annual CPO... Read more
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The State of the Chief Procurement Officer – 2013
As I noted last time, my Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising report is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here (registration required). CPOs and those... Read more
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CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Report Now Available)
I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of procurement and the Chief Procurement Officer is now available from the report’s different... Read more
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CPO News – January 10, 2013
Recent procurement and Chief Procurement Officer headlines from around the world. New CPO at Chevron Chevron has just announced that Maria Lindenberg was appointed Chief Procurement Officer, effective Jan. 1,... Read more
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YouTube Hall of Fame – Procurement: When I Grow Up, I Want to Work in Procurement
Last December, we inducted the video below into our YouTube Hall of Fame for Procurement. At the time it had 108 views, this video has clearly gone a little viral (admittedly,... Read more