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MMQ – What Kind of CPO (Coach) Are You?
On the last “Monday morning” of the NFL season, we appropriately end our first season of the Monday Morning Query series where on many Mondays during the NFL season, we... Read more
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Early Indication: Things Are Brewing
Happy Groundhog Day! 125 years ago today a small group in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, found a groundhog, named him Phil and crowned “Punxsutawney Phil” as the one, “official” weather “prognosticator of... Read more
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Embedded – Reprise
Another big procurement issue is how to collaborate and engage with the business. This article looks at one way strategy that can help achieve both: Today we will focus on... Read more
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CPOs: Think Globally, Network Locally – Reprise
Since this article’s first run, Boston CPOs have begun meeting on occasion. How about the CPOs in other major cities/regions? The CPOs in the Bay Area have an informal group... Read more
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The CPO “Bump” – Reprise
Our retrospective continues with a few CPO strategies While the cost of some marketing programs can be excessive, effective campaigns can pay huge dividends for many years. One of the... Read more
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What’s Past is Prologue! – Reprise
Editor’s Note: To celebrate our first anniversary, we are sharing a few of our favorites from year one. This article kicked it all off…. We think it holds true today.... Read more
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ROA – Return on Human Capital
If Streisand is correct in saying that “people who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” I want to go to Vegas with an entourage of Chief Procurement... Read more
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ROA – Improve Your Return on Technology Assets (Strat. Sourcing)
Two years ago this month, I caught up with the Chief Procurement Officer of a US Federal agency about her plans for the upcoming year and our discussion turned to... Read more
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ROA – Inventory
Our original Return on Assets (“ROA”) article generally used a literal definition of assets (as opposed to an accounting one) – assets: things of value. Improving ROA is then asking,... Read more
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The CFO and the CPO: One World
Perhaps it is because I spent the first half of my career in finance as a consultant and banker and the second half of my career dedicated to procurement (or... Read more
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