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Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2011Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…

Collaborative Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2011Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…

CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution ProvidersNo Comments

The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…

Webinar – Collaborative Sourcing: Achieving the Next Wave of Sourcing Savings

By Andrew Bartolini June 27, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology4 Comments

Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) Next Wednesday,…

CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…

CPO Shop Talk (SAP SAPPHIRE Edition): (1) Overview (2) Portfolio Synchronicity (3) Users

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Don't think me unkind, but those procurement pros who were in Orlando last week and spent all of their time at the ISM conference missed another great procurement event just…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers2 Comments

Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…

CPO Shop Talk (SAP Procurement Summit): Contract Management (1) Deployment (2) Feedback (3) Supply Risk

By Andrew Bartolini May 2, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology2 Comments

Last week brought me to Palo Alto to present the keynote at SAP’s Procurement Summit West, an event that SAP's SRM/Procurement team uses to bring its customers together for networking…

Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2011Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &…

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…