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CPO Shop Talk (Ariba LIVE Version): (1) Supplier Enablement’s Long Tail (2) ACH Payments

By Andrew Bartolini April 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2011 was held last week in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort [Sidebar: What a great place to hold an event! More on…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

In our last article, Kirk Eberhart, our latest CPO on the Rise in 2011, gave us the view from the top of procurement at TMK IPSCO. Kirk reports to the…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Our next CPOs on the Rise in 2011 story focuses on direct materials and the supply chain and an interview with “friend of the site,” Kirk Eberhart, Director of Purchasing…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – A Passion for Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Procurement: it’s not just a job, it’s a passion. Our next CPO on the Rise in 2011 is a Chief Procurement Officer in the hi-tech industry, who in his own…

CPO Shop Talk: (1) Happy Anniversary CPO Rising (2) eSourcing 2.0 Enacted

By Andrew Bartolini April 4, 2011Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

CPO Rising Celebrates One Year Anniversary! Although we technically started publishing articles on CPO Rising on Jan 1, 2010, we waited until April 1, 2010 to announce its existence to…

Brokers Wild – Pressure on Japanese Supply Chain Intensifies

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2011Articles, General, Strategy2 Comments

I’ve intentionally held off from discussing the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown story because I fear the absolute worst from this situation and I hate being an alarmist. I will return to…

CPO Shop Talk: (1) P&G Purchases on the Rise (2) Sourcing Optimization

By Andrew Bartolini March 30, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

A few items to highlight from CombineNet’s “Sourcing Visionaries” event held yesterday in Chicago. (1) P&G Purchases Uldis Sipols, VP, Global Product Supply Purchases at Procter & Gamble delivered the…

Are You a Servant to Your Master Data?

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

A few weeks ago, I delivered a webinar on Master Data Management The webinar which was sponsored by Zynapse, a division of Zycus, has been archived and can be accessed…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed this Chief Procurement Officer for a Fortune 500 Company’s achievements over his first four years in the role. During this time, he led a…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 23, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

I am glad that I did not have this unnamed Chief Procurement Officer and “friend of the site” for Freshman English. You are too. Trust me. You will see what…