Today’s chief procurement officers (CPOs) face a dramatically different landscape than their predecessors. While once relegated to the role of tactician, CPOs are now expected to be strategic leaders ...

The past few years have demonstrated the procurement function’s ability to adapt to price fluctuations, changing consumer needs and supply chain disruptions. Once regarded as a back-office process, ...

Will this be the year procurement finally evolves from its “cost center” image to one that will gladden the hearts of corporate CFOs worldwide? Researchers at the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV ...