Strategy articles from CPO Agenda.com, the business review for procurement leaders.Low-cost country sourcing has been the method of choice to cut supply costs in many industries of late. But sometimes it makes more sense to develop local suppliershttp://cpoagenda.com/currentissue/features/investing-closer-to-home/Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:29 GMTMon, 16 Jun 2008 16:28:56 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:29 GMTrestricted11666To steer into more strategic business waters, CPOs must abandon the cost savings myopia and service mentality that tarnish procurement’s imagehttp://cpoagenda.com/previous-articles/spring-2008-issue/features/at-the-helm-or-all-at-sea-s08/Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:15:06 GMTWed, 09 Jul 2008 14:43:32 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 15:15:06 GMTrestricted13144Global plastics company Rehau looks to a small team of ‘innovation scouts’ in procurement to harvest the most promising ideas from its key suppliershttp://cpoagenda.com/previous-articles/spring-2008-issue/features/scanning-for-innovation/Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:08 GMTWed, 09 Jul 2008 14:43:32 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:08 GMT13145Amid all the debate about global warming, one thing is certain: CPOs hold the most important keys to carbon compliancehttp://cpoagenda.com/previous-articles/spring-2008-issue/features/the-carbon-imperative/Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:39 GMTWed, 09 Jul 2008 14:43:33 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:39 GMTrestricted13147L’Oréal’s CPO, Barbara Lavernos, is sold on the value of investing time and money in long-term supplier relationships and corporate social responsibilityhttp://cpoagenda.com/previous-articles/spring-2008-issue/features/because-its-worth-it/Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:50:17 GMTWed, 09 Jul 2008 14:43:33 GMTWed, 13 Aug 2008 10:50:17 GMT13149