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Monday Morning Query: When Will Spend Analysis Start Working More Like Google?

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2010Articles, General, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

As we progress from the Future of P2P (more this week) to the Future of Strategic Sourcing technology we will inevitably spend time talking about Spend Analysis; ahead of that,…

Shhhhhhhhh! – (Tricks) To Catch a Fraudster

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy9 Comments

In our recent procurement fraud series, we intentionally chose not to share a few of the tricks that are commonly used by auditors and fraud specialists to catch potential fraudsters.…

Emptoris Empower – (1) Crossing the Chasm (2) BRIC (3) Geoffrey Moore

By Andrew Bartolini September 22, 2010Articles, Events, General, People, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Last week, I attended Day One of the Emptoris Empower conference in Boston, the fifth time I have been able to attend at least part of this conference. What follows…

Monday Morning Query: What Makes an eSourcing Expert?

By Andrew Bartolini September 20, 2010Articles, General, Strategy, Technology3 Comments

With all due respect to the fans of the Champions League and the IPL; and sincere apologies to the fans of this World Cup and that one; and an acknowledgement…

Procurement Fraud Prevention – Two More Strategies

By Andrew Bartolini September 17, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

We hope you have enjoyed our procurement fraud prevention series series and we hope we have successfully made the case that procurement fraud prevention is something that needs to be…

Lillevik in the Field: Webster Bank’s First CPO

By Andrew Bartolini September 15, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

I recently caught up with CPO on the rise and “friend of the site,” Anders Lillevik to check on how his procurement transformation project, which began when he joined Webster…

Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini September 13, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy3 Comments

Our procurement fraud series continues today with our anti-fraud expert (and star of the upcoming television series "CSI: Procurement") Matt Rogers, a Director in the Financial Advisory Services practice at…

Procurement Fraud Prevention – The Expert (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Today, we are pleased to bring a fraud and accounting forensics expert into our discussion of Procurement Fraud Prevention: Matt Rogers, a Director in the Financial Advisory Services practice of…

(Procurement) Fraud Prevention (3) – Why It’s Important

By Andrew Bartolini September 7, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Our recent focus on procurement fraud which began here with coverage of one Bad Apple and was followed here with a discussion of different CPO strategies , including those of…

Back to School (Training)

By Andrew Bartolini September 2, 2010Articles, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

In the course of any year, there are a few unique windows that present themselves for planning and reflection. We’ve talked about spring cleaning as a time to get your…