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SMB Events Management: How to Develop an Effective Program
At CPO Rising, we’ve taken the time over the past year to highlight the various components of modern complex spend management. Each spend category within this greater banner (travel, meetings,... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Cash Management
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key... Read more
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Proactis to Acquire Intesource
Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund... Read more
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Rites of Spring (2014): Procurement’s “Annual Cleaning”
Although it’s still a little chilly in our neck of the wood (Boston), spring is officially upon us so, now is the time to move those sweaters to the bottom... Read more
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Driving Value Through a Connected P2P Process – Part 1
We discuss the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process frequently on CPO Rising because of its central importance to Chief Procurement Officers and procurement operations. We also see it is as a “Hot... Read more
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One Size Does Not Fit All
Reminder: Are You Ready for the New Procurement? If so, you won’t want to miss next week’s webinar – click here for details/registration. One Size Does Not Fit All Before... Read more
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Ardent Partners – State of Contingent Workforce Management: A Framework for Success
Nearly two months ago, we asked for your participation in Ardent’s groundbreaking research study, The State of Contingent Workforce Management. Now, Ardent Partners’ latest report, The State of Contingent Workforce... 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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Strategic Sourcing in 2013
What is strategic sourcing? Throughout our “Summer of Sourcing,” we’ve looked at various aspects of the sourcing process, what sourcing leaders do to be more effective than their peers, and... Read more
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Procurement Transformation: Buzzword…or a Viable Strategy?
Today, we’ll discuss a concept that some Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) have made a top priority over recent years: procurement transformation. Within the greater procurement and sourcing industry, new and... Read more