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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Market Knowledge

By Andrew Bartolini May 15, 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…

Three Tactical CWM Capabilities That Matter

By Christopher Dwyer May 14, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology1 Comment

The contemporary scope of contingent labor dictates that enterprises seek a new wave of strategies, solutions, and approaches to manage all avenues of the Contingent Workforce Management Framework. Programmatic attributes…

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

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…

The 360-Degree CWM Program: A Primer

By Christopher Dwyer May 9, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

“Evolution” is a common term around CPO Rising, as many of the industries covered here on the site, be it ePayables or supply management, are currently undergoing a transformation within…

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 Ardent Partners Analyst Team 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…

Acquisti & Sostenibilita Publishes New Sustainable Supply Chain Study

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 24, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General

Today, we’re pleased to feature research from Acquisti & Sostenibilità ("Sustainable Procurement"), the Italian organization co-founded by Luca Guzzabocca. Luca is a "friend of the site," and we profiled him…

April Webinars Bring May… Results (Coupa – April 10)

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The analyst team at Ardent Partners has a busy month planned on the research and webinar front so over the next few days, we’ll share (and invite you to) our…