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Spend Analysis: The First Strategic Sourcing Pillar
Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research report analyzes the... Read more
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Are You “Dressed to Kill?” Airing the Dirty Laundry Hidden in the Global Cotton Supply Chain
[Publisher’s note: Supply risk is a beast that wears many suits. Today, we begin an exclusive three-part series that examines the problem of human trafficking in the global cotton supply... Read more
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The State of Strategic Sourcing – Connecting the Dots
Ardent Partners’ The State of Strategic Sourcing: Connecting the Dots is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research report analyzes the strategic... Read more
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Zycus Horizon 2014: A Pot Of Gold
Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this month at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida and it was another very successful event for the supply management... Read more
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Zycus Horizon 2014: Ericsson Sourcing in the Networked Society
As we mentioned yesterday, Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon, earlier this week at the Ritz Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida and I was pleased to attend. It... Read more
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Technology Round-Up, November 13, 2014
Horizon 2014: Zycus Delivers Zycus’ 3rd annual user conference, Horizon, was held this week at the Ritz-Carlton in (on?) Amelia Island, Florida, starting this past Sunday and continuing through Tuesday... Read more
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Visibility: What Does it Mean for Category Managers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong... Read more
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What Buyers Should Know about Supplier Relationship Management: One Supplier’s Take
For procurement and sourcing teams, collaborating with suppliers, effectively communicating business needs, and building and maintaining supplier relationships are critical and often overlooked parts of the strategic sourcing process. While... Read more
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The Significance of Complex Spend Management
Around these parts, the phrase “complex spend management” is tossed around frequently when discussing how the modern Chief Procurement Officer should develop their global programs and strategies. Today’s CPO Rising... Read more
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Growth and Expansion – the Archer Daniels Midland Way
This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the roundtables brings together three or four leading Chief Procurement Officers... Read more