April 28, 2021
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…
April 7, 2021
Forming a BIG, BOLD Procurement Vision
Everything we do at Art of Procurement is based on our own philosophy about what procurement can and should be.…
February 10, 2021
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…
January 27, 2021
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…
January 13, 2021
Handling ‘the Present Situation’
We’ve all had so much to deal with over the last year. In most cases, people just refer to ‘the…
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,…
