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The business review for procurement leaders - CPO Agenda
Responding to recessionThe global economic crisis has already hit most CPOs, who must now balance pressure to cut costs with the need to keep key suppliers ...
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‘Don’t lock in commodity prices yet’, warns top economist - CPO Agenda
Commodity prices will continue to fall during 2009 and buyers should be wary about signing long-term contracts, according to a leading economist. ...
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Books: Leadership through innovation - CPO Agenda
Readers are guided through turning rhetoric into reality, enlarging the innovation pipeline and maximising the return on innovation, before concentrating on ...
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Executive debate: What does world-class procurement look like ...
Geraint John (GJ): What does "world class" mean in the context of procurement? Is it primarily about excellence at a strategic or an operational level? ...
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Podcast: What does world-class procurement look like? - CPO Agenda
We invited a panel of leading procurement professionals to debate the question: What does world-class procurement look like? ...
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Learning to let go - CPO Agenda
Jim Abery, global head of purchasing transformation consultancy at Capgemini - which offers its own BPO services - describes the aggregation model as "total ...
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Our time has come - CPO Agenda
Our time has come. The economic downturn offers a unique opportunity for the procurement profession and CPOs to gain wider recognition. Winter 2008-09 ...
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Frankley speaking - CPO Agenda
Is it time for cigars?” My reckoning makes that a slam dunk 10 per cent raise ... CPO Agenda is published by Redactive Media Group in partnership with the ...
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Tactics: Outsourcing's greatest challenge - CPO Agenda
More CPOs should be leading contract manufacturing operations. ... But is there more to the growth than a better focus on core competencies? ...
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Tactics: Outsourcing's greatest challenge - CPO Agenda
But is there more to the growth than a better focus on core competencies? .... While these may be the CPO's most difficult challenge, they could also prove ...