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ISM at 100: A Conversation with Tom Derry
Last week, I had the pleasure to meet with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), at its 100 thannual conference in Phoenix, Arizona (Matt York, our editor, sat... Read more
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Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015
Today’s article is centered on our recent Sailing Downstream: Why “Source-to-Settle” Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 report, sponsored by Zycus, and available for download here (registration required). The fact of the matter is... Read more
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CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda – “Nine out of 10 CPOs Agree…”
Ardent Partners recently published my annual CPO-themed report – CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (click to download, registration required) – that is drawn from the responses of more than 300... Read more
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CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II
Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review... Read more
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CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I
CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement... Read more
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What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? In a Word: Collaboration
In the first installment in this series, CPO Rising highlighted how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact procurement operations and improve the way its people, processes, and technologies operate... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Gregory Mark of Hubwoo
As CEO of Hubwoo, Gregory Mark has witnessed the evolution of procurement technologies from the dot com bubble and burst to e-invoicing and e-procurement to spend analytics and the cloud.... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 11) – Situation Normal….
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 10) – Fast & Furious
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 9) – The Tip of the Iceberg
On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his... Read more