Reviewing another recent Aberdeen report Managing Performance, Reporting to the CFO shows some interesting challenges that face the CPO office, as it reports performance to the top of the company. The entire report is worth reading and understanding the summary distills to:
The most effective CPOs manage their performance like any other executive. They have […]
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Reviewing another recent Aberdeen report Managing Performance, Reporting to the CFO shows some interesting challenges that face the CPO office, as it reports performance to the top of the company. The entire report is worth reading and understanding the summary distills to:
The most effective CPOs manage their performance like any other executive. They have […]
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62% of respondents to the recent annual ISM survey said they received bonuses on top of their regular salaries. On average the bonuses received were around 16%.
Personally I like the idea of rewarding individuals based on their performance. However, the largest element of the bonus measure is often based on the organisations performance. The downside […]
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62% of respondents to the recent annual ISM survey said they received bonuses on top of their regular salaries. On average the bonuses received were around 16%.
Personally I like the idea of rewarding individuals based on their performance. However, the largest element of the bonus measure is often based on the organisations performance. The downside […]
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I received 240 emails from Aberdeen this week. Well, that is a slight exaggeration but it cannot be far off. Since I blog and discuss Aberdeen research frequently, I feel like I should have some say in how they interact with their community. If I don’t, it doesn’t matter and I will […]
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I received 240 emails from Aberdeen this week. Well, that is a slight exaggeration but it cannot be far off. Since I blog and discuss Aberdeen research frequently, I feel like I should have some say in how they interact with their community. If I don’t, it doesn’t matter and I will […]
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I just got around to reviewing an Aberdeen study Winning Strategies for Transportation Procurement & Payment which was published in February. In it, there are many concepts regarding transportation sourcing which are interesting. Based on this study’s findings, companies seeking to improve their transportation procurement and payment processes should:
Centralize their freight procurement […]
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Accenture recently released a thirty-two page white-paper (brochure) entitled High performance through procurement: Accenture research and insights into procurement performance mastery which defined six characteristics of procurement mastery that are quite interesting since five of them are really sourcing characteristics. The six characteristics defined by the report are:
Strategy
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Browsing through the Aberdeen site recently, their recent report on Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies: How Top Process Industry Performers Take Radically Different Actions caught my eye. As someone who has spent the last seven years trying to help companies lower costs and increase returns, I was interested in finding out what strategies are […]
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As you well-know, On-Demand is a favorite topic of mine and of e-Sourcing Forum, so it should be understandable that Aberdeen’s recent report on B2B Collaboration: How On-Demand Platforms Accelerate Value and Impact TCO caught my eye.
According to the report, On-demand technology platforms (also called “software as a service”) are playing an increasingly important role […]
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