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STEP CHANGE: How Business Networks are Changing the Procurement Paradigm

By Andrew Bartolini November 30, 2012Articles, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology3 Comments

With all of the recent market activity, it is not surprising that more and more people are talking about and focusing on Business Networks (sometimes referred to as B2B, Supplier,…

CPO Rising’s Plans for 2013

By Andrew Bartolini November 28, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the new year just around the corner, we…

CPO Rising’s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini November 26, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO…

One Size Does Not Fit All

By Andrew Bartolini November 21, 2012Articles, Process, Strategy

Before process automation, process standardization was one of the primary drivers of efficiencies. For example, Henry Ford's invention of the car made him a rich man, but it was his…

CPO News – November 19, 2012

By Andrew Bartolini November 19, 2012Articles, General

Recent procurement headlines from around the world. UK Government Uses BravoSolution to Identify £2.5 billion ($3.98 billion) in Savings CPO Rising has been covering the UK government's pursuit of a…

Procurement Meets Performance at Zycus Horizon – AIG Case Study (II)

By Andrew Bartolini November 16, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

We will return to our regular publishing schedule next week - And, in the coming weeks, we will have some exciting new announcements regarding our plans for 2013. Today, we…

Procurement Meets Performance at Zycus Horizon – AIG Case Study (I)

By Andrew Bartolini November 13, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Happy Diwali! Near the end of October, Zycus held its first user conference in New Orleans. In my estimation, the event, billed as "Horizon," was as advertised - "a three-day…

Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions

By Andrew Bartolini November 9, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

I'm pleased to let you know that we are putting the finishing touches on CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score and it will be available soon. The report has many interesting…

Source Or Lose 2012: eSourcing 2.0 Picks a Running Mate

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

The eSourcing 2.0 campaign is thrilled to announce that with less than one week to go before election day, we have selected a perfect running mate: Spend Analysis, the people’s…

Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini October 31, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

As we've been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we've been a little slower with articles these past two weeks - we will be back in…