If you want to “Make Your Mark on Procurement History,” time is running out! The deadline to register for the 2016 NLPA Conference is October 10 at Noon Eastern US time. If you haven’t already researched the NLPA Conference, this year’s event is packed with value for procurement professionals who want to innovate! It is being held on October 24-25,…
In being interviewed for a business publication, I was asked the question: What percentage of procurement professionals receive negotiation training? Now, without having access to the personal training records of the millions of procurement professionals on the planet, I had to make some assumptions. But, I’m the type of guy that doesn’t like off-the-top-of-my-head answers, especially when it involves numbers.…
Hiring trends have changed a lot over the past few years. What are the latest trends in attracting the top talent to your procurement organization? And, are you as a professional keeping up with these changes? The next NLPA webinar, “Talent Acquisition Trends in Procurement,” conducted by a guest presenter from GEP, explores these topics and more. This webinar will…
In a surprising and dramatic fashion, multi-module procurement technology provider, BravoSolution, last month acquired procure-to-pay (P2P) specialist, Puridiom. This acquisition comes on the heels of Basware’s acquisition of long-time P2P solution provider – and former BravoSolution partner – Verian earlier this year. With Puridiom, BravoSolution picks up strong P2P technology to complement an already-impressive offering of digital procurement tools. A…
The 2016 NLPA Conference is already beginning to make it’s mark on procurement history – and it doesn’t even kick-off until next month! We received a pretty amazing envelope in the mail recently that we had to share. The Mayor of the city of Pittsburgh heard about the 2016 NLPA Conference. He was so impressed that he made an official proclamation:…