Browsing All posts tagged under »procurement professionals«

Who are Procurement’s 2025 AI’s Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, and Max Verstappen

June 3, 2025

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What are the top reasons ProcureTech initiatives fail?

What Does Having Access To The Largest Proprietary Historic Procurement Industry Archives Of Its Kind Mean To Practitioners and Providers?

May 1, 2025

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How can the past empower procurement professionals today and into the future?

Are absolute statements like this reckless or responsible?

February 23, 2025

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Is the headline statement more FUD, FOMO, or Accurate?

Does the recognition of procurement’s importance extend to procurement professionals?

January 27, 2025

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Based on the above three points raised in today's post, what does it mean to you and all procurement professionals?

Boomer, Gen X, Millennial, Gen Z And The Agent-Based Model

December 4, 2024

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Which generation is more likely to use an agent-based model for ProcureTech implementations, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, or Gen Z?

The Best Procurement Professionals I Have Never Met

March 18, 2024

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What remarkable person in procurement have you yet to meet?

Stumbling And Stonewalling Its Way Through CodeGate, Why Would Anyone Want To Belong To The NIGP by Jon Hansen

May 10, 2015

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Dear Mr. Hansen, I provided our 990s as required by Section 6014(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and IRS instruction.  The additional information you have requested goes beyond the public disclosure requirement.  I will not expend additional NIGP resources to provide you with this information. Regards, Tina First, NIGP CEO Rick Grimm implodes by way of his […]

What’s in a name (or title)? by Jon Hansen

March 17, 2015

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Great post Charles.  Just to be clear, that quote actually came out of  a CPO Agenda Roundtable discussion in which senior execs from major global corporations assessed the role of the buyer/purchaser/procurement person. Similar to the difference between the term purchasing and procurement – which I believe is largely semantics, the big issue is how […]

What’s the worst that can happen to a procurement professional? by Jon Hansen

March 11, 2015

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“During a speech at a Florida resort to a very stressed out group of executives, one of the managers died of a heart attack in his chair without anyone noticing. When the person next to him noticed, he screamed at the top of his lungs which made the rest of those around him scream. Needless […]

What if everyone is wrong about the future of procurement? by Kelly Barner

March 3, 2015

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As many Procurement Insights readers already know, Jon and I are writing a book that is equal parts coverage of procurement’s evolution to this point, examination of our current crossroads, and mapping our likely future trajectory. We are by no means the only ones speculating as to how the uncertainty we face today will play […]