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Sailing Downstream: Why Source-to-Settle Defines Procurement Transformation in 2015 (Webinar)
For sure, enterprises as a whole and procurement teams in particular can log significant financial and operational improvements through implementing basic strategic sourcing processes, such as spend analysis, sourcing/ eSourcing,... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 8) – Hail Mary
We invite all procurement, P2P, and supply management practitioners to participate in my upcoming CPO-focused research study (to be called “CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?“) by clicking the... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 7) – Our Dilbert Moment
A message from Andrew Bartolini (me): I invite all procurement, P2P, and supply management practitioners to participate in my upcoming CPO-focused research study (to be called “CPO Rising 2015: What’s... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 6) – The Rubber Hits the Road
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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The Implications of 2015’s “Talent Vortex”
We’ve all heard the meteorologists talk about it as if it were the end of times, or even a signal that the Earth’s climate issues are worsening by the year.... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 3) – The Counterproposal
Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Richard Waugh of Zycus
In the procurement and supply management spaces, Richard Waugh is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of experience in B2B, eCommerce, and Sourcing technology development and innovation. Richard... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 2) – A Business Case is Made
Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of... Read more
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CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 1) – It Begins
Many years ago, one very large full-service BPO firm stopped working with me because I told them that procurement outsourcing was not on the radar screen of the average Chief... Read more
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An Agent of Change: Dr. Nick Nayak’s Impact at the Department of Homeland Security
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