AOP Blog When the B-Team Can Beat the A-Team Those of you who follow me on Twitter will be all too aware of my frustrations with the football team…Philip IdesonMarch 7, 2019
AOP Blog Is California Reinventing the RFP Process? It isn’t often that a governmental Executive Order catches the eye for its potential impact on procurement. Last week, on…Philip IdesonJanuary 16, 2019
AOP Blog Art of Procurement: E Pluribus Unum For small business owners – and this includes me – your brand is your word. AOP has been my brand…Philip IdesonJanuary 6, 2019
AOP Blog AOP 2018 Annual Letter (Part 2): Art of Procurement in Review The end of 2018 marks 3.5 years since I decided to “risk it all” as they say, leaving the confines…Philip IdesonDecember 28, 2018
AOP Blog AOP 2018 Annual Letter (Part 1): Procurement in Review I have never written an annual letter to the Art of Procurement community before, but there is no time like…Philip IdesonDecember 27, 2018
AOP Blog Summing it Up and Moving it Forward Making Choices, Leaving a Mark, and Generating Fulfillment Much like red blood cells carry oxygen to all the other cells…Philip IdesonJanuary 5, 2018
AOP Blog What’s Next? When I say what’s next it means that I’m ready to move onto other things. So, What’s Next? J.Bartlett –…Gordon DonovanAugust 22, 2017
AOP Blog Preparing for Multi-lateral Supplier Management (Multi-lateral Trade Agreements Part 2 of 2) In the first part of this series, I wrote about the ways that global trade – especially multi-lateral trade agreements…Kelly BarnerAugust 17, 2017
AOP Blog Where Macroeconomics Collides with Microeconomics (Multi-lateral Trade Agreements Part 1 of 2) Each contract entered into by a buyer and supplier is based on a set of terms and conditions such as…Kelly BarnerAugust 16, 2017
AOP BlogTalent Management Radical Changes in Talent Sourcing “To realize true value for money you have to focus on the work outputs required and how to best achieve…Philip IdesonAugust 8, 2017
AOP Blog Against the Odds: Four Keys to Procurement Outsourcing Success I was passing the time waiting for the burgers to grill on July 4th when I came across this depressing…Philip IdesonJuly 6, 2017
AOP Blog Procurement Transformation: A CPO’s “To-Do” List for the First 100 Days You’re hired! After the jubilation of accepting a job wears off and you’re successfully on-boarded to your new company, you…Greg TennysonJuly 5, 2017