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Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass

By Christopher Dwyer March 26, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types…

Ariba LIVE 2014: Deutsche Bank’s “No Budget, No PO, No Pay” Plan

By Andrew Bartolini March 24, 2014Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The 15th annual Ariba LIVE conference was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas last week with a reported 2,200 procurement and finance professionals in attendance…

Procure-to-Pay Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2014Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we’ve noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to creating value throughout…

The Convergence of Supplier Management and Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer March 20, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategy

From a pure procurement perspective, it’s truly exciting when another corporate function or a very complex series of processes leans heavily on the foundation set by the procurement team. In…

Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments

By Andrew Bartolini March 14, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

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“We have no specific procurement goals.”

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2014Articles, General, People, Strategy

In the early days of the firm, I did a regional tour to visit different procurement organizations to get their feedback on my plans for CPO Rising and Ardent Partners.…

Procurement’s Evolution, Part III: Convergence With Marketing

By Christopher Dwyer March 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy1 Comment

Today, we continue our series that highlights procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer’s) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these articles will tackle a business function or enterprise…

Cross Pollination

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy

First, I'd like to invite you to join me on March 20th at 2 PM ET for a webinar where I present the findings from my annual CPO Rising report…

What Will Take You “Swifter, Higher, Faster” in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The XXII Winter Games are still going strong in Sochi, Russia and will continue through this Sunday. I must admit that I have not watched as much as I would…

Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management

By Christopher Dwyer February 12, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations…