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Acquisti & Sostenibilità – Sustainable Procurement, Italian Style

By Andrew Bartolini August 17, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

In our two most recent articles, we have introduced Luca Guzzabocca, one of the leading statesmen for Italian procurement and the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE, Security Management (or “Chief…

Luca Guzzabocca – Banking on Procurement (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology5 Comments

In our last article, we introduced you to "friend of the site," Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE, Security Management (or “Chief Procurement Officer”) at Banca Monte Dei…

Luca Guzzabocca: Banking on Procurement (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini August 10, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

There are certain people who come to epitomize their community while also being active participants in it. Sometimes they become statesmen, like Warren Buffet, who’s played that role for the…

Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2B)

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

We’ll hop right into today’s article which follows this article (link) chronologically as part of an extended series where we have gotten to know Mario Mosca (amico del sito) and…

Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2A)

By Andrew Bartolini July 9, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

We continue today with Part 2A of our case study of how Enel, Europe’s second largest utility company with annual revenue exceeding 64 billion €, made its case for an…

CPO Shop Talk: (1) Meetings to Make Decisions (2) On Winning

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Meetings to Make Decisions I recently caught up with a Chief Procurement Officer who finds himself in the early part of a procurement transformation journey. He's not a career procurement…

Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini July 2, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

Last week we introduced you to the procurement operations at Europe's second largest utility company, Enel and its procurement executive in charge of the technology infrastructure and the company processes…

Mario Mosca – Energizing Procurement at Enel (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Today, Part Two of our CPO Case Study with Mario Mosca, Head of Procurement, Processes and Systems, for Enel Energy in Rome will look at the supply management solutions and…

Mario Mosca – Energizing Procurement at Enel (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini June 23, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Two speaking engagements in Northern Italy in the last two months and each time I have had the pleasure of preceding Mario Mosca, Head of Procurement, Processes and Systems, Business…

…Is a Nickel, Dime, or Quarter Earned

By Andrew Bartolini June 11, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

After a sly rambling preamble about the acidic rain of costly pennies from heaven, our discussion last time, A Penny Saved, turned to the extraordinary impact that ordinary procurement results…