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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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Technology Round-Up – October 14, 2014
BravoSolution Appoints Jim Wetekamp as its next CEO By Andrew Bartolini Last week, BravoSolution, a supply management solution provider, announced that its current SVP of Solution Strategy and industry veteran,... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Subhash Makhija of GEP on the Industry’s Future
When Dr. Subhash Makhija co-founded GEP in 1999, along with Neha Desai Shah, Jagadish Turimella, and Roopa Gandhi, their initial vision was to use technology to streamline procurement processes. Makhija... Read more
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Research Preview: The State of Strategic Sourcing in 2014
In the next few weeks, the analyst team at Ardent Partners will publish our annual State of Strategic Sourcing benchmark study. This study builds on last year’s research on the... Read more
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SMB Events Management: How to Develop an Effective Program
Editor’s Note: It’s SMB week at CPO Rising and we plan to reprise a few articles (and add a few new ones) this week focused on the small and mid-sized... Read more
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Chief Procurement Officers in 2014: Procurement’s Convergence with Supply Risk Management
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. We called this year’s report, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and it presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the... Read more
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CWM and Supplier Management: Where Does Technology Fit In?
The notion of “procurement’s influence” is no strange term around these parts. In fact, collaboration is a common theme in the articles posted here on CPO Rising, and it’s certainly... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro: Summary (Part II)
Over the past month and a half, we’ve featured a series entitled, “Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro,” wherein we’ve defined 14 core procurement skills and discussed their importance to... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro: Summary (Part I)
Over the past month and a half, we’ve featured a series entitled, “Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro,” wherein we’ve defined 14 core procurement skills and discussed their importance to... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supplier Performance 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 skills and capabilities... Read more