Source Or Lose 2012: eSourcing 2.0 Picks a Running Mate
The eSourcing 2.0 campaign is thrilled to announce that with less than one week to go before election day, we have selected a perfect running mate: Spend Analysis, the people’s…
eSourcing 2.0 – Barnstorming the Nation
The eSourcing 2.0 campaign hit both New Orleans and San Francisco this week where we were given three different opportunities to engage a groups of procurement pros on a variety…
Taking eSourcing 2.0 on the Campaign Trail
Like any good successful politician (good politician = oxymoron), I am trying to stay on message with the eSourcing 2.0 campaign (Source Baby, Source!). It’s a grass-roots movement and we…
CPO Debate: Mandate or Sell the New Initiative? (2)
It is debate season in the U.S. and CPO Rising is pleased to enter the fray these last few days with a question that continues to spawn debate within and…
CPO Debate: Mandate or Sell the New Initiative?
It is debate season in the U.S. and CPO Rising is pleased to enter the fray these next few days with a question that continues to spawn debate within and…
The Case for eSourcing – Manufacturer’s Edition
UPDATE: The webinar discussed below is now available by clicking the following archive link (registration required). I have always felt that the procurement function (or industry) is quite horizontal in…
Source or Lose 2012: Campaign Kickoff (2)
Yesterday we brought you the exciting news that eSourcing 2.0 had decided to break from tradition and launch an 11th hour campaign to see if it can win the top…
Source or Lose 2012: Campaign Kickoff
Good morning. We interrupt this 'steady stream of engaging and informative procurement-themed articles' with this update: News reports over the Columbus Day weekend that the somewhat boring completely depressing U.S.…
What’s in Your Sourcing “Tackle Box?”
King of the deadpan, Steven Wright once quipped that "there's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." (click link to view actual quip)…
Teach a Team to Source and it Saves for a Lifetime
Sorry for the slow start this week, but my first Labor Day without a Telethon has thrown off my timing - ok, not really :-).... Anyway, welcome back, I hope…