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Creating a Business Case for Sourcing Automation – An Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Manufacturers utilizing manual processes to source the direct materials that comprise their products have an extraordinary opportunity to leverage automation and drive great value across the enterprise. And yet, while…

Throwback Thursday: The Visibility Factor – Another Best-in-Class Advantage (for Sourcing)

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Today, we’ll deep-dive into the notion of visibility, and the multiple angles of visibility in which Best-in-Class organizations (those top-performing organizations from Ardent’s upcoming “State of Strategic Sourcing” research report)…

The Path to Spend Enlightenment

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

The path to true “spend enlightenment” is not merely paved with standard spend analysis. In fact, those organizations seeking to adopt next-generation spend analysis strategies must adapt to a changing…

Throwback Thursday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move forward, they have the…

eSourcing and Advanced Sourcing Technologies in 2021

By Andrew Bartolini June 24, 2021Articles, General, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

One of the striking data points in our 2021 State of Procurement and the CPO report is that the Best-in-Class adopt individual supply management applications by up to 92% more…

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

By Andrew Bartolini June 3, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing1 Comment

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] Over the past month and a half,…

Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – The Sourcing Process

By Phil Bartolini April 15, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Throwback Thursday” series with another look at a past entry on the skills needed for today’s procurement leaders.] It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief…

Throwback Thursday: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

2021: It’s Time for Procurement to Engage

By Andrew Bartolini March 5, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

“The whole notion of collaboration, both internally and externally, I think, is something that, in procurement, we have to be really religious about. We have to be really militant about…

A Practical Guide to E-auctions for Procurement – Book published today!

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher’s Note: Today’s article is a guest publication from Jacob Larsen, Director of Digital Procurement at Maersk Group, renowned procurement technologist and eAuctions expert. Jacob is also a longtime friend…