Overview
The CPO: Transforming Procurement in the Real World depicts in novel form how to turn purchasing and procurement into a productivity powerhouse as well as how to lead change in the face of resistance.
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Hired to transform procurement at Heartland, Sutter has an enormous challenge: to bring its procurement practices into the 21st century and save the company $5 billion. Despite the knowledge and experience he gained at Autowerke, Sutter fights over the next 18 months to find his place at Heartland, institute world-class procurement models and methods, win over the procurement teams and senior executives, and meet his goal. At first, his reputation--and his marriage--suffer, along with the company's overall sales and revenue. Can he pull a rabbit out of the hat?
The CPO: Transforming Procurement depicts the real-life challenges of transforming procurement, while demonstrating the benefits of innovative procurement and leadership methods. Written by global thought leaders in A.T. Kearney's procurement and supply management practice--consultants who have helped numerous companies chop billions of dollars in costs out of their procurement budgets--The CPO will prove invaluable for those in purchasing and procurement. It will also present essential information to those in the C suite looking for ways to boost profits and productivity. The CPO:
- Portrays best-in-class, real-life, actionable methods to turn procurement into a function that can save billions and improve the bottom line.Â
- Provides a fun way to learn essential lessons in procurement and change management.
- Shows how rejecting victimhood in all its aspects leads to personal and business success.
- Presents lessons in novel format--like The Goal, Who Moved My Cheese, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and others--to engage you and show techniques in action.Â
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The CPO
Book Subtitle: Transforming Procurement in the Real World
Authors: Christian Schuh, Michael F. Strohmer, Stephen Easton, Armin Scharlach, Peter Scharbert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4963-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0), Apress Access Books
Copyright Information: Christian Schuh and Michael F. Strohmer and Stephen Easton and Armin Scharlach and Peter Scharbert 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-4962-7Published: 21 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-4963-4Published: 03 February 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 240
Topics: Business and Management, general