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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 – Category 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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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Market Knowledge
This year, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the “Emerging Practitioner” track designed to help younger procurement professionals... Read more
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The 360-Degree CWM Program: A Primer
“Evolution” is a common term around CPO Rising, as many of the industries covered here on the site, be it ePayables or supply management, are currently undergoing a transformation within... Read more
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Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide... Read more
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Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management
Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them... Read more
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Acquisti & Sostenibilita Publishes New Sustainable Supply Chain Study
Today, we’re pleased to feature research from Acquisti & Sostenibilità (“Sustainable Procurement”), the Italian organization co-founded by Luca Guzzabocca. Luca is a “friend of the site,” and we profiled him... Read more
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The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management
From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In... Read more
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What Every Executive Should Know About Business Networks
This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study – click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final... Read more
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Trending in 2014: Supply Chain Finance
In a recent article, I noted Supply Chain Finance (SCF) as being one of the top trends for 2014 (read more here). This article offers a more detailed discussion of... Read more