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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).... Read more
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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... Read more
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Designing a Procurement Transformation for Best-in-Class Performance
Earlier this past summer, I published a research series on Procurement Transformation to help procurement organizations design, plan, build and execute a proper procurement transformation program and utilize leading-edge strategies... Read more
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Corporate Convergence: Finance and Procurement
Convergence has been a big theme this past decade. Frankly, it seems like everything is converging with something else. Your local pharmacy is now your walk-in clinic. Your low-cost retailer... Read more
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The Perfect Storm of Non-Traditional Talent
“Talent” is a word that reflects a wide range of priorities within the modern business world. Some enterprises consider talent to be the most crucial aspect of their greater organization,... Read more
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The CPO’s View: Six Strategies to Engage the CFO
Forces are combining to align procurement and finance. For example, the evolution and expansion of the CFO and Chief Procurement Officer roles have served to bring these two leaders and... Read more
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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,... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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Adding Value to the Business Unit (One CPO’s View of the World)
Today, we are pleased to welcome procurement industry leader and “friend of the site,” Scott Forest as a guest contributor. Scott’s been adding value to his business units by managing... Read more