March 14, 2020
This Week in Procurement – To Outsource or Not to Outsource
TOP STORY: Facility Maintenance & Outsourcing: To Broker or not to Broker There are two interesting things about this week’s…
March 7, 2020
This Week in Procurement: Filling the Talent Pipeline
TOP STORY: How Johnson & Johnson fills its procurement talent pipeline According to a 2019 Accenture survey, one third of…
February 29, 2020
This Week in Procurement: Shoestring Procurement Skills Development
TOP STORY: 10 Critical Skills Your Procurement Team Needs Right Now We all know that the work to increase procurement…
February 22, 2020
This Week in Procurement: Financial Statement Analysis for Procurement
TOP STORY: Spotting a Supplier’s Financial Distress Despite the recent emphasis on soft skills in procurement recruiting and talent development,…
February 15, 2020
This Week in Procurement: Multi-tier Supplier Risk Management
TOP STORY: Risk Management to the n-th Degree Just when you think you’re starting to make headway with supply chain…
February 8, 2020
This Week in Procurement: (Awkward) Leadership Questions
TOP STORY: Don’t be embarrassed… questions about leadership Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve known someone…
February 1, 2020
This Week in Procurement: Employee Swap!
Must Read: Turning the Team You Have into the Team You Need With the current (and likely to continue) emphasis…
November 22, 2019
This Week in Procurement: Joy is the Leading Indicator
A CPO’s Guide To 2020 Planning In this week’s podcast, Philip Ideson is joined by two members of the Procurement…
February 20, 2019
Are We Focused on the Right Transformation Objectives?
In The Hackett Group’s 2019 CPO Agenda Report, titled Building Next- Generation Capabilities, there is clearly misalignment between what procurement…
February 5, 2019
Combating Leadership Fatigue
If you are a regular visitor to Art of Procurement, congratulations! You recognized how important it is to have access…
