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		<title>Where Can Travel and Expense Go? (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/19/where-can-travel-and-expense-go-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, we published posted my first article on the travel and expense management category. Click here to check out the first entry of this brief, two-part series. To recap, we’ve discussed that: The travel and expense management processes have been on a strategic upswing over the past few years. Specific technology offerings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does a Best-in-Class AP Organization Look Like?</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/17/what-does-a-best-in-class-ap-organization-look-like-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment, Ardent Partner’s research team is putting the final touches on its annual AP-focused market research report which will be widely available shortly – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. This report focuses on the evolving role of AP from a back-office function to one that adds value and supports other functions such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agility: Source Like a Cheetah</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/14/agility-source-like-a-cheetah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agility noun \ə-ˈji-lə-tē\ 1. ease and grace in physical activity 2. the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility. 3. the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly; intellectual acuity. Researchers from the Structure &#38; Motion Laboratory in  The Royal Veterinary College at the University of London, Hatfield and the Botswana Predator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total Talent Management: Revolutionary Concept…or Impossible Strategy?</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/12/total-talent-management-revolutionary-conceptor-impossible-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you eager for more sourcing, procurement, and technology articles, don&#8217;t worry, Andrew has been building a backlog of articles ahead of what he&#8217;s calling the &#8220;Summer of Sourcing (and CPO stories)&#8220; [Publisher's note: Copyright ] It should be great! But, since I&#8217;m presenting today at the Human Capital Institute&#8217;s 2013 Strategic Talent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Intro to Marketing and Print Spend Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/11/an-intro-to-marketing-and-print-spend-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons why &#8220;complex spend management&#8221; (sometimes called complex category management or services procurement)  has been the focus of my professional career and, why CPO Rising devotes significant space to the area. Here are a few: The categories often represent large buckets of spend for the average enterprise Many enterprises consider them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Value to the Business Unit (One CPO&#8217;s View of the World)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/10/adding-value-to-the-business-unit-one-cpos-view-of-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we are pleased to welcome procurement industry leader and &#8220;friend of the site,&#8221; Scott Forest as a guest contributor. Scott&#8217;s been adding value to his business units by managing spend and services for many years, most recently as the Chief Procurement Officer at Kuehne + Nagel, Inc., one of the world&#8217;s leading logistics providers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/07/is-your-ap-dept-making-an-impact-on-working-capital-why-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with Meadwestvaco&#8217;s Chief Procurement Officer who helped extend DPO (days payable outstanding) from 22 days to 59 and it remains popular in 2013 like when the Wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procurement Performance: Reporting Out, Managing In &#8211; A Case Study</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/06/procurement-performance-reporting-out-managing-in-a-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently caught up with a procurement executive and &#8220;friend of the site&#8221; to discuss eProcurement systems and the complexity of managing back-end systems for a company that has been an aggressive acquirer of other companies. In the Americas region, the company is in the midst of moving from nine instances of one ERP system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Contemporary Take on Sell-Side Contract Lifecycle Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/06/03/a-contemporary-take-on-sell-side-contract-lifecycle-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team traveled en masse to AribaLIVE, Ariba’s annual event that brings together 2,000 of its customers, prospects, staffers, and partners, plus a who&#8217;s who of the analysts and media outlets that cover the space. Our analysis of this year&#8217;s event includes coverage of two keynotes here and here and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP: Collaborator, not Administrator</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/30/ap-collaborator-not-administrator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ardent Partners recently completed its annual market research report focused on accounts payable entitled ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. The report is based on survey data collected from 245 enterprises and we think you will enjoy it, even if you work in procurement or supply chain. One of the key themes of the report is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 4</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/28/13-for-2013-best-practices-in-contingent-workforce-management-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you’ve probably our series of “13 for 2013” articles on best practices in the world of contingent workforce management. If you&#8217;ve missed it, check out Parts One, Two and Three to catch up on this series. Today, we’ll close it out with the fourth and final entry. Over the course of our “13 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Shop Talk: SAPPHIRE 2013 Edition</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/24/cpo-shop-talk-sapphire-2013-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through a scheduling blunder (not my only of the season), I was a virtual attendee of this year&#8217;s SAPPHIRE NOW &#38; ASUG 2013 conference held last week in Orlando. With roughly 15,000 attendees each year, SAPPHIRE is SAP&#8217;s opportunity to provide updates, share its vision, and introduce customer successes. This year SAPHHIRE was held the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Mid-Market Enterprises Should Evaluate ePayables Solutions</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/22/how-mid-market-enterprises-should-evaluate-epayables-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to selecting the right ePayables solution to automate the accounting function, there are certain factors that are going to be more important to a mid-market enterprise (MME) than to a larger one. The following are aspects that are likely to impact an MME’s decision-making process and will also help to differentiate between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History of Contingent Workforce Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/20/a-brief-history-of-contingent-workforce-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an interlude to our ongoing “13 for 2013” series of best practices in contingent workforce management (click for Part One, Part Two, Part Three), I wanted to discuss something that we in the analyst industry often forget when we create, write and develop research in any given space: a “How did we get here” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Shock: Disruptive Technologies on Procurement&#8217;s Horizon</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/17/future-shock-disruptive-technologies-on-procurements-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our cars to our homes to our computers, new and innovative technologies are changing the way we do almost everything. That change is coming to procurement and the impact will be extraordinary. Imagine a world where changes in supplier pricing are instantly captured in your own pricing Imagine a world where smart analytics are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/15/13-for-2013-best-practices-in-contingent-workforce-management-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who missed the early installments of our “13 for 2013” series on contingent workforce management, I invite you to check out Part One and Part Two. CPO Rising readers should take note: one of my true passions in life is the study, research and evangelism of complex spend management (sometimes referred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/13/keynote-from-ariba-live-2013-ramsay-chu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I last spoke with &#8220;friend of the site,&#8221; Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement (&#8220;CPO&#8221;) at Rio Tinto (&#8220;RT&#8221;) to replace another &#8220;friend of the site,&#8221; Scott Singer who had just been promoted (as we describe in this CPO Rising article: From CPO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/10/ariba-live-2013-keynote-from-down-under/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors, media types, and other analysts from rival firms like Forrester &#38; Gartner. It was the first LIVE event since SAP acquired Ariba last year and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/09/engagement-management-and-the-evolution-of-events-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just returned from one of our industry&#8217;s biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a good time to tackle another complex spend category &#8211; meeting and events management. “Evolution” is a common theme around these parts (CPO Rising). In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News – May 6, 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/06/cpo-news-may-6-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPOs on the Rise From &#8220;CPO&#8221; to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief Executive of the company&#8217;s UK and European operations effective July 1. In this new position, he will play a leading role in supporting the company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InSEPArable &#8211; Payments across the Eurozone</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/03/inseparable-payments-across-the-eurozone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of our recent articles, eInvoicing in the EU: Five Things You Should Know and Payer Beware: The EU’s New Rules about Vendor Payments. Today we continue with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Independent Contractor Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/05/01/the-independent-contractor-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the course of my many years as an industry analyst, I’ve frequently come across organizations that point to the utilization of independent contractors (those “faceless workers” that are all around you but not on the org chart) as a critical strategy in fulfilling key corporate needs without resorting to hiring full-time equivalents. It’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procurement Today: Are You Top Tier?</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/30/procurement-today-are-you-top-tier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the contemporary procurement world, the typical CPO strives to drive value to the procurement organization via a multitude of strategies, solutions, and core competencies. During last month’s webinar, Procurement Today: Are You Top Tier?, I discussed not only recent research findings from the landmark Ardent report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score, but also highlighted how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Can Travel and Expense Management Go? (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/25/where-can-travel-and-expense-management-go-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Dwyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the Concur Fusion conference (discussed here by Andrew), I thought it would make sense to look at travel and expense management more closely. It was sometime in mid-2009 that I first heard the following phrase: “We’re looking at travel and expense as being more strategic here internally.” It was uttered by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payer Beware: The EU&#8217;s New Rules about Vendor Payments</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/22/payer-beware-the-eus-new-rules-about-vendor-payments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the tough days of the global recession, extending vendor payment terms became very popular in the halls of procurement and finance. In fact, this became an area that brought finance and procurement closer together and also spurred strong interest in the ePayables marketplace and ePayments in particular. But, companies making payments to suppliers based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concur Fusion 2013 &#8211; The Next 20 Years of Business Travel</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/19/concur-fusion-2013-the-next-20-years-of-business-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur&#8217;s annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a dominant force in the travel and expense management space that its user conference typically offers more interesting content drawn from a wider array of professionals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/17/13-for-2013-best-practices-in-contingent-workforce-management-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Dwyer is back with the second article in a four-part series that will present a series of best practices and recommended strategies for managing the modern contingent workforce framework (click here for Part I of this series). During the first entry in this series, I discussed the importance of “respecting” the notion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eInvoicing in the EU: Five Things You Should Know</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/15/einvoicing-in-the-eu-five-things-you-should-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publisher&#8217;s note: We understand that this article may not seem wholly relevant to the procurement professionals who comprise a majority of our readership at CPO Rising; but it is our view that the increasing globalization of the supply base ultimately means that a better understanding of the business practices, customs, and regulations of different regions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coupa Inspire &#8217;13: The Real Thing</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/11/coupa-inspire-13-the-real-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I attended Coupa&#8217;s inaugural user conference, Inspire,in San Francisco. It was a winning and impressive display that blended executive and product presentations with client success stories on the main stage and staged unique meals and entertainment around them. I came away with a different view of Coupa, the company, and will share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/08/13-for-2013-best-practices-in-contingent-workforce-management-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ardent&#8217;s Research Director and complex category guru, Chris Dwyer, kicks off the week with the first in a series of articles highlighting the best practices in contingent workforce management. Welcome to the first post in a four-part series that will unveil a series of best practices and recommended strategies for managing the modern contingent workforce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Procurement Can Transform Contingent Workforce Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/05/how-procurement-can-transform-contingent-workforce-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, another article from Christopher Dwyer Research Director and VP of Operations @ Ardent Partners. As many of you well know, Chris has been an industry analyst for the past 8 years, writing some of the strongest and most insightful research that we&#8217;ve seen in the market. Today he continues his discussion of Contingent Workforce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business Network Landscape: Payments (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/03/the-business-network-landscape-payments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As our discussion of business networks continues today, we should remind our readers that this series is an attempt to introduce new and different categories of networks to the market. We take for granted that the largest and most prominent cross-industry global networks like Ariba and Hubwoo are well-known to our readership. Anyway, this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business Network Landscape: Industries (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/04/01/the-business-network-landscape-industries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the overall market interest in B2B/business networks, we decided to publish a series that looks at the different types of networks. We started in Part 1 of this series with a look at the European business network landscape and some of the primary challenges and opportunities facing it.  We also highlighted a few of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tradeshift: Newcomer, No More</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/27/tradeshift-newcomer-no-more-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 5th 2013, Tradeshift hosted one of its first public events in New York City. The event was hosted and led by CEO Christian Lanng and brought together industry analysts like myself and other journalists, bloggers, investors as well as a few customers. For those that do not know the company, Tradeshift is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business Network Landscape: Europe (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/25/the-business-network-landscape-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vishal Patel is co-author of today’s article Ardent Partners defines a B2B or Business network as a web-based platform that enables interconnected buyers and sellers to trade, communicate, and/or collaborate with each other. A quick trip back to the late nineties and we would see the online B2B marketplace craze that was just beginning was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Wave of Events Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/22/the-next-wave-of-events-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Research Director at Ardent Partners and even newer father, Chris Dwyer is back this time to discuss another complex category of spend &#8211; Events Management. The Next Wave of Events Management In the late ‘90s, enterprises began to leverage a “lifecycle” of processes packaged as strategic meetings management programs (SMMPs) to effectively manage all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of the Machines: The Five Technologies That Will Disrupt Procurement’s World</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/20/rise-of-the-machines-the-five-technologies-that-will-disrupt-procurements-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Ardent Partners is putting on a show, a virtual show or webinar that is. In fact, many of you have already noticed our new page and promotion -  &#8220;Featured Webinar&#8221; Anyway, as you can tell by the webinar title, this will be a forward-looking presentation that will look at five game-changing technologies of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Primer for Contemporary Contingent Workforce Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/18/a-primer-for-contemporary-contingent-workforce-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to introduce you to Ardent Partners&#8217; newest analyst and contributor to CPO Rising &#8211; Christopher Dwyer who joins us as a Research Director and VP of Operations. Chris has been an industry analyst for the past 8 years, writing some of the strongest and most insightful research that we&#8217;ve seen in the market. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Shop Talk (1) Supply Risk (2) More Supply Risk (3) Featured Webinar</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/15/cpo-shop-talk-1-supply-risk-2-more-supply-risk-3-featured-webinar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After taking 2012 off, the series &#8220;CPO Shop Talk&#8221; is back. This is the series where, from time to time, we will attempt to share some of the less-formal conversations that we have with Chief Procurement Officers and CPO-types through the course of my research, travels, and our growing analyst/advisory business on the pages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/13/intesource-innovation-13-raleys-procurement-comet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a strong client base in the retail vertical. The conference had a nice blend of customer case studies, best practices, and provider updates; additionally, the group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP’s Impact on Cash Management</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/08/aps-impact-on-cash-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin, I want to invite you to take the survey for my upcoming report &#8211; ePayables 2013: AP&#8217;s New Dawn. The report will provide a view into where AP groups stand currently regarding technology, processes and strategies. It will also uncover key strategies that leading organizations have used to significantly improve AP performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Score</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/06/keeping-score-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the Chief Procurement Officers who focus almost solely on savings realize that procurement can deliver value across a wide range of areas. To misquote Vince Lombardi, &#8220;Savings isn&#8217;t everything&#8230;. It isn&#8217;t the only thing.&#8221; The main theme of Ardent Partners&#8217; recent research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score (available here, here, here, or here &#8211; registration required) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staples: Cloud-Based Business Apps For Small Biz… That Was Easy</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/04/staples-cloud-based-business-apps-for-small-biz-that-was-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I’m talking about the same Staples where you buy your pens and copy paper. About a month ago, Staples announced the launch of the Staples App Center, an innovative online marketplace for cloud-based business applications. The App Center makes it easy for small businesses to purchase and manage business apps all in one place. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; March 1, 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/03/01/cpo-news-march-1-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the CPO News That&#8217;s Fit to Print New South African Chief Procurement Officer to Lead Transformation and Fight Huge Corruption Earlier this week, South African Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, said that a new Chief Procurement Officer, who will operate from within the National Treasury, will soon be appointed. Gorhan said that the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP&#8217;s New Dawn</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/27/aps-new-dawn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a few minutes over the next week, we invite you to participate in Ardent Partners&#8217; annual ePayables market research report which will publish at the end of April. Here&#8217;s a little more about it: The role of accounts payable is changing, are you involved in that change? AP organizations today, more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Considerations When Selecting a Business Network</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/25/five-considerations-when-selecting-a-business-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective and efficient means to process business transactions and in some cases more (e.g., supply chain finance, supplier discovery). Research from Ardent Partners has shown that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send a Lieutenant</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/22/send-a-lieutenant-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Archives (May 19, 2010) but, with a few updates: This one is worth another look if simply for the picture &#8211; Wow! In January of 2007, “Mister Softee” launched Vista. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that this was “the biggest product launch in Microsoft’s history” and planned to spend hundreds of millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring a Lieutenant</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/19/bring-a-lieutenant-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Archives (May, 18, 2010 but, with a few updates): I was recently reminded of this article as I exchanged notes with the the CPO profiled in this article as he was discussing some of the interesting, new categories his team will be sourcing in 2013. He has recently moved cross country to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concentra: An ePayables Case Study</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/15/concentra-an-epayables-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concentra is a health care company that provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services to workers and the general public from 308 medical centers in 40 states. In addition to these medical center locations, Concentra serves employers by providing a broad range of health advisory services and operating 258 on-site medical facilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Webinar)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/14/cpo-rising-keeping-score-webinar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing key findings from Ardent Partners&#8217; latest research report, CPO Rising: Keeping Score. And, I will continue to share findings going forward. But one month from today (March 14th @ 11 am ET), I get my first real opportunity to talk about these findings in an online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From CPO to EVP &amp; Global Head of Business Services</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/12/from-cpo-to-evp-global-head-of-business-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading CPOs will move into roles that command greater responsibility and control. During the tough times, a great number of CPOs went above and beyond the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Accounts Payable</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/08/the-value-of-accounts-payable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great article from Vishal Patel, the research director in charge of all ePayables research at Ardent Partners. He is also the editor-in-chief of Payables Place, a site that is dedicated to covering the AP automation space. The Value of AP Similar to what the procurement profession experienced over a decade ago, we are beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Collaboration is Not a Main Focus</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/07/when-collaboration-is-not-a-main-focus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few articles, we have looked at collaboration &#8211; first I looked at collaboration from the CPO&#8217;s perspective and then, Vishal looked at it from the accounts payable or AP perspective. Ardent Partners&#8217; latest report CPO Rising: Keeping Score, which is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Savings: How to Use the Category Sourcing Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/02/04/driving-savings-how-to-use-the-category-sourcing-scorecard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, our Category Sourcing Scorecard series was one of the most popular. As a reminder the Scorecard was a tool developed by Ardent Partners to help sourcing teams prioritize categories for sourcing. The Category Sourcing Scorecard is available for download by clicking here (registration required). The report sponsor (BravoSolution) thought it would be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop, Collaborate &amp; Listen</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/31/stop-collaborate-listen-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishal Patel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I am pleased to welcome Vishal Patel back to these pages. Vishal will be a more frequent contributor to CPO Rising in 2013, which is good news for everyone. You may recall that Vishal is the research director in charge of all ePayables research at Ardent Partners. He is also the editor-in-chief of Payables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of CPO Remains a Work in Progress</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/29/the-role-of-the-cpo-remains-a-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue our discussion of the State of the Chief Procurement Officer (Part one is here) This article is based upon the research found in Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising report which is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here (registration required). Since I began writing an annual CPO-focused report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State of the Chief Procurement Officer &#8211; 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/24/the-state-of-the-chief-procurement-officer-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted last time, my Ardent Partners&#8217; annual CPO Rising report is now available at the following sponsor links here, here, here, or here (registration required). CPOs and those that aspire to the role will enjoy the report but so too will those that have to work with procurement on a regular or even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Rising: Keeping Score (Report Now Available)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/22/cpo-rising-keeping-score-report-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners&#8217; annual market research report focused on the state of procurement and the Chief Procurement Officer is now available from the report&#8217;s different sponsors by clicking here, here, here, or here (registration required) The report is called CPO Rising: Keeping Score and it represents the web-based survey responses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Topics for Chief Procurement Officers in 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/18/hot-topics-for-chief-procurement-officers-in-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To kick off 2013, I&#8217;ve discussed trends and predictions (Big Data, Globalization, and Technology) and the Hot Button Issues for Chief Procurement Officers in 2013. To close out the series (and before we begin reviewing the key findings of our CPO Rising: Keeping Score report on Tuesday), I wanted to introduce a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chief Procurement Officer’s Hot Button Issues in 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/17/the-chief-procurement-officers-hot-button-issues-in-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it has a different title, this article is really the next in the multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends &#38; Predictions for 2013 where we have made predictions about Big Data, Globalization, and Technology. Today, we identify the hot button issues that will keep Chief Procurement Officers on their toes in 2013. Hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batteries Not Included</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/14/batteries-not-included-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Batteries Not Included. If you were born before 1980, you know this phrase and it is likely to evoke memories of opening a toy gift during the holidays and having to wait until the next day to buy the batteries that made it go. Infuriating! And yet, it was our fault since we had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Management: Big Trends &amp; Predictions for 2013 (Solutions)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/11/supply-management-big-trends-predictions-for-2013-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends &#38; Predictions for 2013 with a look at supply management solutions. Click here to read Part One of this series focused on Big Data. Click here to read Part Two of this series focused on Globalization. Big Trend #3: The Supply Management Solutions Market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; January 10, 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/10/cpo-news-january-10-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent procurement and Chief Procurement Officer headlines from around the world. New CPO at Chevron Chevron has just announced that Maria Lindenberg was appointed Chief Procurement Officer, effective Jan. 1, 2013 and will oversee Chevron’s enterprise-wide supply chain management activities. Lindenberg, who succeeds the retiring Leo Lonergan, was most recently the General Manager of Supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Management: Big Trends &amp; Predictions for 2013 (Globalization)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/07/supply-management-big-trends-predictions-for-2013-globalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends &#38; Predictions for 2013 with a look at globalization. Click to read Part One of this series focused on Big Data. Big Trend #2: The Impact of Globalization on Business Gets Broader, Deeper, and Much More Nuanced In early 2004, I helped a global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Management: Big Trends &amp; Predictions for 2013 (Big Data)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2013/01/03/supply-management-big-trends-predictions-for-2013-big-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year and welcome back to CPO Rising! In 2010, we introduced this site with a series of 10 lists, predictions, ideas and strategies. Now in our fourth year, I think it is time to harken back to those earlier days by publishing a multi-part series on Supply Management Trends &#38; Predictions for 2013. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greetings from Ardent Partners (&amp; CPO Rising)!</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/21/seasons-greetings-from-ardent-partners-cpo-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Season’s Greetings, from all of us at Ardent Partners May your influence on spend and suppliers be ever-expanding and may your savings always be significant and validated. Have a great and safe Holiday Season and we’ll see you in the New Year! Andrew]]></description>
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		<title>Category Sourcing Scorecard &#8211; User Instructions</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/19/category-sourcing-scorecard-user-instructions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned last time, Ardent Partners&#8217; Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available by clicking here (reg. required) and brought to you by BravoSolution. For those of you who have not heard about the Scorecard which we based this Excel-format file on this series of articles on CPO Rising. For those of you who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Category Sourcing Scorecard is Now Available</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/17/category-sourcing-scorecard-is-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts discussing the creation of a Category Sourcing Scorecard. Today, I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners&#8217; Category Sourcing Scorecard is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). As a reminder, the Category Sourcing Scorecard is a tool that can be used to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube Hall of Fame – Procurement: When I Grow Up, I Want to Work in Procurement</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/14/youtube-hall-of-fame-procurement-when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-work-in-procurement-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last December, we inducted the video below into our YouTube Hall of Fame for Procurement. At the time it had 108 views, this video has clearly gone a little viral (admittedly, not a Gangnam Style level of viral or even a Trololo level). We inducted this video into the “Hall” because of the title and because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; December 12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/12/cpo-news-december-12-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s CPO News is sponsored by the number 12. Diamond Foods Appoints David Colo New EVP Diamond Foods, Inc. has announced that David J. Colo has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain. In this role, Mr. Colo will have responsibility for global manufacturing, procurement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provider Profile: Hubwoo Q4, 2012 (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/10/provider-profile-hubwoo-q4-2012-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue with Part Three of our focus on Hubwoo, the supply management solution provider and operator of one of the world’s largest business (or B2B or supplier) networks with a review of the recent upgrade and re-launch of the its network, “The Business Network.” Part One is here and Part Two is here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provider Profile: Hubwoo Q4, 2012 (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/07/provider-profile-hubwoo-q4-2012-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue with Part Two of our focus on Hubwoo, the supply management solution provider and operator of one of the world&#8217;s largest business (or B2B or supplier) networks with a review of the recent upgrade and re-launch of the its network, &#8220;The Business Network.&#8221; Part One is here. As a reminder, this “Provider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provider Profile: Hubwoo Q4, 2012 (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/06/provider-profile-hubwoo-q4-2012-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we begin a two-part three-part series focused on Hubwoo and its recent re-launch of its network, “The Business Network.” Note that this “Provider Profile” series is a sneak preview of the kind of supply management technology market coverage you will start seeing on CPO Rising in 2013. Click to learn more about our plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ardent Partners’ Plans for 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/12/03/ardent-partners-plans-for-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the New Year just around the corner, we wanted to share some of the exciting plans that we have in store for you in 2013. Last week, we shared our 2013 plans for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STEP CHANGE: How Business Networks are Changing the Procurement Paradigm</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/30/step-change-how-business-networks-are-changing-the-procurement-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the recent market activity, it is not surprising that more and more people are talking about and focusing on Business Networks (sometimes referred to as B2B, Supplier, or Payment Networks) and it is not surprising that more and more enterprises are using them. I think this is great because, I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Rising&#8217;s Plans for 2013</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/28/cpo-rising-plans-for-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the new year just around the corner, we wanted to share some of the exciting plans that we have in store for you in 2013. We&#8217;ll start today with CPO Rising. CPO Rising&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Rising&#8217;s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/26/cpo-rising-cyber-monday-giveaway-spend-analysis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO Rising is pleased to offer a one-day giveaway of Ardent Partners&#8217; recent &#8220;State of Spend Analysis&#8221; research report (no registration required). Ardent Partners’ Research has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Size Does Not Fit All</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/21/one-size-does-not-fit-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before process automation, process standardization was one of the primary drivers of efficiencies. For example, Henry Ford&#8217;s invention of the car made him a rich man, but it was his invention of the assembly line that ensured his great-grandchildren would stay rich. There is no question that standardization works within a business context and within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; November 19, 2012</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/19/chief-procurement-office-news-november-19-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent procurement headlines from around the world. UK Government Uses BravoSolution to Identify £2.5 billion ($3.98 billion) in Savings CPO Rising has been covering the UK government&#8217;s pursuit of a centralized procurement strategy since the appointment of its first Chief Procurement Officer in 2011. Last week, the Government Procurement Service (&#8220;GPS&#8221;), an executive agency of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procurement Meets Performance at Zycus Horizon &#8211; AIG Case Study (II)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/16/procurement-meets-performance-at-zycus-horizon-aig-case-study-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will return to our regular publishing schedule next week &#8211; And, in the coming weeks, we will have some exciting new announcements regarding our plans for 2013. Today, we continue with Part II of the AIG case study that was shared at the Zycus Horizon conference at the end of October. The case was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procurement Meets Performance at Zycus Horizon &#8211; AIG Case Study (I)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/13/procurement-meets-performance-at-zycus-horizon-aig-case-study-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Diwali! Near the end of October, Zycus held its first user conference in New Orleans. In my estimation, the event, billed as &#8220;Horizon,&#8221; was as advertised &#8211; &#8220;a three-day rendezvous of forward-looking procurement executives, industry experts and analysts.&#8221; There was also some fun as Zycus arranged for a Mardi Gras-style parade and a night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demand Aggregation &#8211; Multiple Requisitions</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/09/demand-aggregation-multiple-requisitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to let you know that we are putting the finishing touches on CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score and it will be available soon. The report has many interesting statistics as well as case studies focused on unique, best practice approaches taken by leading Chief Procurement Officers and their departments. One interesting case focuses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Spotlight: From CPO to COO</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/06/career-spotlight-from-cpo-to-coo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Cook is not the only executive who has had a successful career after first being a Chief Procurement Officer. Ardent Partners&#8217; upcoming report, CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score (coming out soon) highlights others who have made the jump from CPO to other executive roles&#8217; Today, we offer a sneak preview of the report and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source Or Lose 2012: eSourcing 2.0 Picks a Running Mate</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/11/01/source-or-lose-2012-esourcing-2-0-picks-a-running-mate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eSourcing 2.0 campaign is thrilled to announce that with less than one week to go before election day, we have selected a perfect running mate: Spend Analysis, the people’s champion (Well, technically not a champion, it only made the elite eight during this year&#8217;s CPO Final Four but this is an election campaign so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/31/sourcing-with-the-stars-how-to-win-friends-and-drive-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we&#8217;ve been a little slower with articles these past two weeks &#8211; we will be back in our normal routine very soon. Truth be told, we&#8217;ve also had our hands full working on this year&#8217;s CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score report which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eSourcing 2.0 &#8211; Barnstorming the Nation</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/25/esourcing-2-0-barnstorming-the-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eSourcing 2.0 campaign hit both New Orleans and San Francisco this week where we were given three different opportunities to engage a groups of procurement pros on a variety of supply management topics, including eSourcing and eSourcing 2.0. A quick reminder for those new to the campaign trail: eSourcing 2.0 – Talking Points Volume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking eSourcing 2.0 on the Campaign Trail</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/23/taking-esourcing-2-0-on-the-campaign-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like any good successful politician (good politician = oxymoron), I am trying to stay on message with the eSourcing 2.0 campaign (Source Baby, Source!). It’s a grass-roots movement and we need your help. And with eSourcing solutions in place at roughly 60% of companies and usage (for those companies with the solution) hitting less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Debate: Mandate or Sell the New Initiative? (2)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/19/cpo-debate-mandate-or-sell-the-new-initiative-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is debate season in the U.S. and CPO Rising is pleased to enter the fray these last few days with a question that continues to spawn debate within and among the ranks of CPOs and other procurement executives: What is the best way for a Chief Procurement Officer to implement a new enterprise-wide program? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO Debate: Mandate or Sell the New Initiative?</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/17/cpo-debate-mandate-or-sell-the-new-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is debate season in the U.S. and CPO Rising is pleased to enter the fray these next few days with a question that continues to spawn debate within and among the ranks of CPOs and other procurement executives: What is the best way for a Chief Procurement Officer to implement a new enterprise-wide program? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for eSourcing &#8211; Manufacturer&#8217;s Edition</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/15/the-case-for-esourcing-manufacturers-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://cporising.com/2012/10/15/the-case-for-esourcing-manufacturers-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The webinar discussed below is now available by clicking the following archive link (registration required). I have always felt that the procurement function (or industry) is quite horizontal in nature. The challenges and opportunities facing different sourcing teams have a commonality to them that cut across different industries and different organizational structures and reporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a Quest: SciQuest Buys Spend Radar &#8211; Instant Analysis</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/12/on-a-quest-sciquest-buys-spend-radar-instant-analysis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its quest to offer a comprehensive supply management suite AND shift its market focus into the private sector, SciQuest (Ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions completed the acquisition of Spend Radar LLC, a provider of a spend analysis solution, last week (October 3). According to its public filing, &#8220;SciQuest is paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source or Lose 2012: Campaign Kickoff (2)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/10/source-or-lose-2012-campaign-kickoff-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we brought you the exciting news that eSourcing 2.0 had decided to break from tradition and launch an 11th hour campaign to see if it can win the top spot on the &#8220;Chief Procurement Officer&#8217;s Agenda&#8221; for 2013. Today we return (interestingly, this time to the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building) for part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source or Lose 2012: Campaign Kickoff</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/09/source-or-lose-2012-campaign-kickoff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning. We interrupt this &#8216;steady stream of engaging and informative procurement-themed articles&#8217; with this update: News reports over the Columbus Day weekend that the somewhat boring completely depressing U.S. campaign season will receive an exciting jolt of electricity today have just been confirmed. eSourcing 2.0 has decided to break from tradition and launch an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; October 5, 2012</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/05/cpo-news-october-5-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been so focused on Tim Cook (and his move from CPO to CEO) that we somehow skipped September&#8217;s edition of &#8220;CPO News.&#8221; To catch up, October gets a special second edition of CPO News. Reminder to please email us at info (at) cporising dotcom with any news items you believe are worth reporting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPO News &#8211; October 4, 2012</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/02/chief-procurement-office-news-october-4-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent procurement news from around the world: UK to Use Past Performance in Evaluation of New Supplier Bids Bill Crothers, the U.K.&#8217;s Chief Procurement Officer (he replaced John Collington in August) has continued the aggressive government plans to reduce costs recently announced that for the first time, a supplier&#8217;s past performance would be considered as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Closed: How to Build a Winning Business Case in Seven Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/10/01/case-closed-how-to-build-a-winning-business-case-in-seven-easy-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The webinar discussed below is now available by clicking the following archive link (registration required). The fall event season has officially begun. Accordingly, I will try to update you on the different in-person and online events that I will be joining as a participant/presenter. One major theme that I have been working on this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A P2P Case Study &#8211; Treasury Perspective</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/09/28/a-p2p-case-study-treasury-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I gave a presentation at ADP P2P Solutions‘ Seminar “Game-Changing Advances in Finance and Payables” held in the conference area of Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas before an Astros game. I discussed recent trends and performance in the AP market and may revisit that topic on CPO Rising at a later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A P2P Case Study &#8211; Supply Chain Persepctive</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/09/27/a-p2p-case-study-supply-chain-persepctive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I gave a presentation at ADP P2P Solutions&#8216; Seminar &#8220;Game-Changing Advances in Finance and Payables&#8221; held in the conference area of Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas before an Astros game. I discussed recent trends and performance in the AP market and may revisit that topic on CPO Rising at a later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payables Place Math: AP + Treasury = Working Capital Optimization</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/09/24/payables-place-math-ap-treasury-working-capital-optimization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you straddling the P2P line or just interested in the &#8220;second P,&#8221; I&#8217;d like to call your attention to Ardent Partners&#8217; research director, Vishal Patel&#8217;s site, Payables Place, as a resource for you to read the latest news, research, and  analysis of the ePayables or AP Automation marketplace. Below is but one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (2)</title>
		<link>http://cporising.com/2012/09/21/the-strategies-that-propelled-tim-cook-from-cpo-to-ceo-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bartolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We continue today with more of the strategies that Tim Cook executed at Apple that helped to make him the logical heir to Steve Jobs (Part One is here). Besides the basic point that it&#8217;s just very, very cool that a Chief Procurement Officer ascended to the role of CEO based upon his procurement and [...]]]></description>
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