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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – The Sourcing Process

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

This year, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to help younger procurement professionals…

The State of the Chief Procurement Officer in 2014

By Andrew Bartolini May 12, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Technology

I recently published my annual CPO Rising report and I think our regular readers will be very interested in it. The report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Financial Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini May 8, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

This year, for the first time, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to…

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Andrew Bartolini May 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…

Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini May 2, 2014Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we've…

Taking a 360° Approach to Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 30, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Ardent Partners has just published a new report focused on Supplier Management. The fact is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the rights ones and managing them…

Coupa Inspire 2014: Coupa’s New Language of Success

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2014Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month I attended Coupa's user conference, Coupa INSPIRE, in San Francisco. This second annual conference built upon the success of last year's event and provided great insight into…

CPO News – US Court Strikes Down Conflict Minerals Provision, Upholds Others

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2014Articles, General, Process

On Monday, April 14, a U.S. Appellate Court struck down key provisions of the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring many American companies to declare…

B Strong

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2014Articles, Events, General