CPO Forum Communiqués

Challenging "Current Practice "Best Practice" and "Next Practice" in Procurement

An online CPO Communiqué is circulated on the first and fifteenth of each month, examining a major issue confronting CPOs and their leadership teams.  A forthright and incisive approach is adopted to highlight the essence of the issue in an immediate, direct and practical manner.

It is free to all invited and registered participants on an exclusive basis.  Feedback from CPOs is shared confidentially with recipients worldwide, facilitating active networking and exchange of current, emerging, best and next practice in operational and transformational procurement.

A Worldwide CPO Network

CPOs from the world’s leading PLCs, Fortune 500 companies, FTSE European 500 organisations and top government departments are actively involved. They are opinion leaders committed to procurement transformation.

What are the typical themes covered by the CPO Forum Communiqués?

Ten value levers provide the guiding framework for the CPO Forum Communiqués. Four are internally focused on leadership and change management, and six are externally focused on suppliers. Each communiqué addresses one specific subject at a time.

• Leadership, talent management, team strength and people development.
• Business alignment, procurement’s value proposition and stakeholder engagement.
• Organisational design, structure, governance and operating models.
• Process design, process excellence, technology enablers and measurement.
• Strategic sourcing, category management and supplier relationship management.
• Reform of the supply chain, lean supply and operational excellence.
• Outsourcing, offshoring, right sourcing and low cost country sourcing.
• De-risking the supply chain and volatile commodity risk management.
• Product, process and relationship innovation;  accessing capability and technology.
• Ethical sourcing, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and regulatory controls.