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Procurement Influencer Series: Richard Waugh of Zycus

By Andrew Bartolini January 5, 2015Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

In the procurement and supply management spaces, Richard Waugh is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of experience in B2B, eCommerce, and Sourcing technology development and innovation. Richard…

Best of 2014: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini January 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! This…

Best of 2014: Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at ADM

By Andrew Bartolini January 1, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

Happy New Year! Our Best of 2014 series continues below: This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the…

Best of 2014: CPOs in 2014: Doing Better with Same

By Andrew Bartolini December 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! Ardent…

CPO News – December 19, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini December 19, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Former Apple Global Supply Manager to Serve Jail Time for Procurement Fraud It has been a long time coming, but we can finally close the book on Paul Shin Devine,…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 2) – A Business Case is Made

By Andrew Bartolini December 18, 2014Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 1) – It Begins

By Andrew Bartolini December 11, 2014Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Many years ago, one very large full-service BPO firm stopped working with me because I told them that procurement outsourcing was not on the radar screen of the average Chief…

CPO News – November 19, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini November 19, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Welcome to November's edition of CPO News. We're covering a lot of ground this month, including announcements of Chief Procurement Officers taking the reigns at several companies, several up and…

Procurement Influencer Series: Tim Minahan of SAP Talks About What’s Next for Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini November 18, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

I first heard of Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Cloud and Line of Businesswhen his job description literally included the term "procurement influencer" in his role as Chief Service…

Is Procurement Due for a Black Swan Event?

By Christopher Dwyer November 12, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Technology

Throughout the course of business history, there have been events or market shifts that have either positively impacted concepts such as technology and innovation of processes / programs or caused…