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Why 2015 Will Be a Critical Year for Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer September 2, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Enterprises have been conducting conferences, meetings, and events for decades with the purpose of driving revenue, improving customer relationships, boosting training efforts, and reaching new audiences and communities. The industry…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part I

By Christopher Dwyer July 29, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

Welcome to the first article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…

CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – Ivalua

By Andrew Bartolini June 30, 2014Articles, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Last Thursday, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. Teams draft in reverse order of how they finished…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro: Summary (Part I)

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

Over the past month and a half, we’ve featured a series entitled, “Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro,” wherein we’ve defined 14 core procurement skills and discussed their importance to…

The Commoditization of Contingent Labor: Will The Notion of Talent Change This Perception?

By Christopher Dwyer May 30, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing

One of the (many) perceptions of contingent labor over the years has been the gray area between true talent and indirect spend category / commodity. The phrase, “people aren’t pencils,”…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy3 Comments

It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key…

Proactis to Acquire Intesource

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…

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…

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

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Andrew Bartolini 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…