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Determine: Enhancing P2P and More in 2018

By Andrew Bartolini January 22, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Members of Ardent Partners’ analyst team took a briefing from the team at Determine covering the company’s recent procure-to-pay (P2P) product enhancements and its product roadmap for 2018. The briefing was…

Three Non-Price Attributes to Source Better

By Andrew Bartolini January 16, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is often much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, they often hear from business stakeholders that competitive sourcing is not the…

Best of 2017: SAP Ariba Partners with IBM Emptoris to Bring Cognitive Procurement to the Masses

By Andrew Bartolini January 15, 2018Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor’s Note: We’ve come to the end of our “best of” 2017 article series and are looking forward to the year ahead, particularly Andrew Bartolini’s annual CPO Rising benchmark research study.…

Best of 2017: CPO Rising 2017: Stepping Inside the Procurement Mindset

By Andrew Bartolini January 12, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

Editor’s Note: We’ve come to the end of our “best of” 2017 article series and are looking forward to the year ahead, particularly Andrew Bartolini's annual CPO Rising benchmark research study.…

Best of 2017: Reflections on The CPO Rising 2017 Summit (Part 1): CPOs Rise and Shine

By Andrew Bartolini January 11, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: We're coming to the end of our “best of” 2017 article series as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Today, Andrew reflects on our…

Best of 2017: CPO Rising 2017 Report: Extreme Technology Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini January 4, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2017 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

Best of 2017: Three Game-Changing Innovations to Move Your AP Department Forward

By Andrew Bartolini December 29, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2017 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

Seasons Greetings!

By Andrew Bartolini December 25, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers

Another year will soon be in the books and 2018 is going start with a bang! (more on that in January)! Until then, we want to extend a warm holiday greeting…

CPO Rising 2017 Summit Perspectives – Ten Ways Real-Time Data Transforms Procurement to Deliver Tremendous Savings and Value, from Aquiire

By Andrew Bartolini December 18, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

This year’s CPO Rising 2017 Summit featured exciting roundtable sessions where attendees got to exchange ideas and talk about innovative strategies to help improve the performance of their procurement department.…

Meet the Winners – CPO Rising Hall of Famer Shelley Stewart

By Andrew Bartolini December 11, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategic Sourcing

During our annual CPO Rising 2017 Summit, we hosted our first ever CPO Honors Gala Dinner. During the Gala Dinner, four distinct CPOs and/or procurement teams received CPO Honors awards for…