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CPO Shop Talk (SAP SAPPHIRE Edition): (1) Overview (2) Portfolio Synchronicity (3) Users

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Don't think me unkind, but those procurement pros who were in Orlando last week and spent all of their time at the ISM conference missed another great procurement event just…

CPO Rising Update (May 2011)

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Since the world did not end this weekend, I thought it might be time for a few thank-yous and updates to start the week. We’ll be right back at it…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers2 Comments

Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

Dateline: May 8-12 Event: FUSION 2011 Host: The Institute of Financial Operations Place: Orlando Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center The newly rebranded Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”) hosted its…

Ardent Partners and the Institute of Financial Operations Announce Alliance and First Event

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Today we are pleased to officially announce our multi-year alliance with The Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”). The IFO is the newly rebranded name of the organization that includes the…

CPO Shop Talk (SAP Procurement Summit): Contract Management (1) Deployment (2) Feedback (3) Supply Risk

By Andrew Bartolini May 2, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology2 Comments

Last week brought me to Palo Alto to present the keynote at SAP’s Procurement Summit West, an event that SAP's SRM/Procurement team uses to bring its customers together for networking…

Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2011Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &…

Scott Singer – Global Procurement Transformation in the Cloud at Rio Tinto (Ariba Live)

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Today’s article focuses on the customer keynote presentation delivered by Scott Singer, Rio Tinto’s Head of Procurement, at Ariba LIVE last week. First, one quick story about Scott that, I…

CPO Shop Talk (Ariba LIVE Version): (1) Supplier Enablement’s Long Tail (2) ACH Payments

By Andrew Bartolini April 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2011 was held last week in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort [Sidebar: What a great place to hold an event! More on…

CPO Shop Talk: (1) P&G Purchases on the Rise (2) Sourcing Optimization

By Andrew Bartolini March 30, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

A few items to highlight from CombineNet’s “Sourcing Visionaries” event held yesterday in Chicago. (1) P&G Purchases Uldis Sipols, VP, Global Product Supply Purchases at Procter & Gamble delivered the…