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Ardent Partners and the Institute of Financial Operations Announce Alliance and First Event

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Today we are pleased to officially announce our multi-year alliance with The Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”). The IFO is the newly rebranded name of the organization that includes the…

The CPO Scorecard™

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy4 Comments

For those who have taken the survey for my next report – a sincere thanks! For those that have not yet, please consider spending a few minutes today taking the…

Keeping Score

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, GeneralNo Comments

In the survey for our upcoming research report, we pose the question: Savings impact on procurement bonuses: To what extent do savings results drive your bonus structure? Less than 25%…

Scott Singer – Global Procurement Transformation in the Cloud at Rio Tinto (Ariba Live)

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Today’s article focuses on the customer keynote presentation delivered by Scott Singer, Rio Tinto’s Head of Procurement, at Ariba LIVE last week. First, one quick story about Scott that, I…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Vaibhav Agarwal: Touchdown Procurement!

By Andrew Bartolini April 14, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, PeopleNo Comments

It was when Notre Dame decided almost ten years ago to move from processing paper requisitions to an eProcurement system that “friend of the site” and latest profile in our…

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) 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…

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…