By Ronald Hedley Rachel Kutz is VP, Strategic Initiatives, Global Supply Chain at AT&T. Although her journey to AT&T was unconventional and circuitous, she has…
ProcuRisingJanuary 15, 2021
By Andy Beth Miller Tomas Wiemer has had many years of experience within Global Direct and Indirect Procurement Category Management, specifically with a focus on…
ProcuRisingJanuary 15, 2021
By Andy Beth Miller When I learned I would be interviewing Dr. Stefan Schaper for this article, I was floored. This is because, as acting…
ProcuRisingJanuary 15, 2021
By David McCarty, President, Contract Review Advise As I attended industry events over the past year, there were two main hot topics for several of…
ProcuRisingJanuary 15, 2021
By Ronald Hedley Crystal Khalil is CEO and founder of Crystal Khalil and Associates. She launched her company after working nineteen years for Porsche, most…
ProcuRisingNovember 18, 2020
By Chris Doxey Despite extensive focus on risk management and internal controls, why are there still situations in which payments are mistakenly paid to criminals…
ProcuRisingNovember 18, 2020
By Ronald Hedley In his 2018 article entitled 10 Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel, Sterling Miller ofers compelling evidence to in-house lawyers,…
ProcuRisingNovember 18, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word churn as moving something with great force, or to be agitated. Now, I don’t know…
ProcuRisingNovember 18, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller You could cheekily say that Austin Dittrich—via his role in Purchasing, In-Car IT & Innovation at Volkswagen Group of America—drives a…
ProcuRisingSeptember 21, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller Running a business is tough, and not just in regards to the realms of logistics or finances, but emotionally, too. It…
ProcuRisingAugust 17, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller The way Patrick Foelck, Head of Strategy and Transformation Global Procurement at F. Hoffman-La Roche, describes it, his passion for procurement…
ProcuRisingAugust 17, 2020
By Tammy Rimes, MPA Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, acknowledged the importance of people with her oft-quoted statement, “People are a company’s…
ProcuRisingAugust 17, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller When I first sat down with Martin Perminas to discuss the role of procurement in corporate innovation and the world of…
ProcuRisingAugust 17, 2020
By Ronald Hedley In Bram Krommenhoek’s April 2018 article entitled Why 90% of Startups Fail, and What to Do About It, he shared the four…
ProcuRisingAugust 17, 2020
By Ronald Hedley In 1833, a sixteen-year-old slave from Maryland was sent to work for a poor farmer and self-proclaimed slave-breaker named Edward Covey. True…
ProcuRisingApril 24, 2020
By Ronald Hedley In late summer, as the northern hemisphere commenced tilting away from the direct rays of the sun, Barry Byrne, Head of Global…
ProcuRisingApril 24, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller It all began with a most fortuitous fall. As I sit down to interview procurement expert Christopher Robert, Director of Procurement…
ProcuRisingApril 24, 2020
By Stephen Catalina, CEO, Expense Management Solutions Rebalance, as defined on merriam-webster.com, means “to restore balance to, or adjust the balance of (something); to balance…
ProcuRisingApril 24, 2020
By Andy Beth Miller When I was approached by Steve Fisher with writing an article covering the subject matter of financial integrity, specifically in the…
ProcuRisingApril 24, 2020
