Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet
I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a…
Driving Savings: How to Use the Category Sourcing Scorecard
In 2012, our Category Sourcing Scorecard series was one of the most popular. As a reminder the Scorecard was a tool developed by Ardent Partners to help sourcing teams prioritize…
Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Globalization)
Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 with a look at globalization. Click to read Part One of this series focused on…
Category Sourcing Scorecard – User Instructions
As I mentioned last time, Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available by clicking here (reg. required) and brought to you by BravoSolution. For those of you who have…
The Category Sourcing Scorecard is Now Available
Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts discussing the creation of a Category Sourcing Scorecard. Today, I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' Category Sourcing Scorecard is…
CPO Rising’s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis
As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO…
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…
Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption
As we've been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we've been a little slower with articles these past two weeks - we will be back in…
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…