AOP Blog Moving Procurement from a Cost Center to a Transformation Engine What is the one thing that unites procurement teams right now, regardless of industry, size, or maturity level? It is…Philip IdesonMay 26, 2021
AOP Blog Is procurement moving away from category management? Category management has been one of the foundational pillars in the growth of procurement over the past 20 years. I…Philip IdesonMay 5, 2021
AOP Blog Managing ‘The People Part’ The people part, that’s always the wrinkle. Procurement can talk about transformation and evolution all we want, but if we…Kelly BarnerApril 28, 2021
AOP BlogBusiness Alignment Turning Urgency into Action for Top-line Growth Everyone in a leadership position today is in the process of getting their organization up to speed after a year…Philip IdesonApril 20, 2021
AOP Blog Securing Buy-in for Sustainability Initiatives Sustainability is a value lever we've been talking about for a long time as procurement professionals, and it is becoming…Philip IdesonMarch 10, 2021
AOP Blog Governance and Compliance Through Digitally Transformed Procurement Governance and compliance have always presented a challenge for procurement - not because we can’t establish and enforce them, but…Kelly BarnerMarch 3, 2021
AOP Blog Making Procurement’s Impact More Visible One of the questions we frequently get is: How do I make sure the value that procurement provides to the…Kelly BarnerFebruary 10, 2021
AOP Blog How to Outsource Services in a Changing Economy About five years ago, procurement outsourcing was all the rage. Companies would outsource sourcing and category management ‘en masse.’ It…Philip IdesonFebruary 3, 2021
AOP Blog Advice for Building Procurement From Scratch Congratulations! Your company has embraced the value of formal procurement enough to invest in it. Now that we’ve basked in…Kelly BarnerJanuary 27, 2021
AOP Blog The Top 5 CPO Priorities at the Start of 2021 We did some research as part of the Mastermind LIVE event we held back in October. We asked all of…Philip IdesonJanuary 20, 2021
AOP Blog Getting and Keeping the A-team Anyone that has ever sourced professional services knows that one of the top concerns is having a firm bid –…Philip IdesonJanuary 6, 2021
AOP BlogLeadership Heroes in Our Midst: Pivoting to the Potential of 2021 For all the stories of stress and struggle we heard in 2020, there have also been some amazing examples of…Philip IdesonDecember 7, 2020