BrandPost: The CIO’s Essential Guide to Procurement

Where many business units from finance to manufacturing have already harnessed the power of cloud, mobile, data analytics, and AI, there is one often-overlooked function waiting to fan the flames of innovation: procurement. Here’s what CIOs and IT leaders need to know to jump-start that process.“Procurement is traditionally seen as cost center, not as a profit center,” says Paul Blake, Associate Director for GEP. “The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) wants to change that,