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  • Back to School (Training)

    September 2, 2010

    Back to School (Training)

    In the course of any year, there are a few unique windows that present themselves for planning and reflection. We’ve talked about spring cleaning as a time to get your... Read more

  • Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies

    August 24, 2010

    Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies

    Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple’s bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in... Read more

  • Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples

    August 19, 2010

    Fraud Prevention (1) – Avoiding the Bad Apples

    Proverb: One bad apple spoils the barrel Scientific Fact: One bad apple spoils the barrel Organizational Behavior Research: A bad apple (at work) can spoil the barrel Bad Apples –... Read more

  • CPO Shop Talk: (1) Meetings to Make Decisions (2) On Winning

    July 6, 2010

    CPO Shop Talk: (1) Meetings to Make Decisions (2) On Winning

    Meetings to Make Decisions I recently caught up with a Chief Procurement Officer who finds himself in the early part of a procurement transformation journey. He’s not a career procurement... Read more

  • Search & Engage: Ron Carcamo, Yahoo!’s CPO (Pt. 2)

    June 2, 2010

    Search & Engage: Ron Carcamo, Yahoo!’s CPO (Pt. 2)

    Last week, we provided a discussion on embedding procurement within the business. Yesterday, in Part One of this CPO Case Study, we introduced a CPO who’s gone and done it... Read more

  • Search & Engage: Ron Carcamo, Yahoo!’s CPO (Pt. 1)

    June 1, 2010

    Search & Engage: Ron Carcamo, Yahoo!’s CPO (Pt. 1)

    Two months after our formal launch at CPO Rising and things are really starting to heat up. (1) Thank you for your time and interest in support of the site;... Read more

  • Embedded

    May 26, 2010

    Embedded

    At several of the events that I have spoken at in April and May, my presentation theme has paralleled one of the 10 or 2010 articles written to kick off... Read more

  • Send a Lieutenant

    May 19, 2010

    Send a Lieutenant

    Ok, Vista sucks. That little fact spawned a cottage industry and helped juice many a blog’s traffic stats along the way (Please note: if you’re some random Vista-hating surfer, this... Read more

  • Bring a Lieutenant

    May 18, 2010

    Bring a Lieutenant

    I caught up with a top Chief Procurement Officer and friend the other day. In our chat, we touched upon a whole host of topics and he’s now checking with... Read more

  • Executive Engagement: The CEO

    May 12, 2010

    Executive Engagement: The CEO

    If procurement warrants a C-level role within the enterprise (and by the title of this site you know that we think it does), the Chief Procurement Officer should begin to... Read more

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