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Technology Round-Up – October 29, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini October 29, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

LexisNexis Acquires Legal Media Organization to Enhance Legal Risk Analysis In late July, the Dayton Business Journal reported that LexisNexis, the Dayton, Ohio-based provider of legal, media, and risk management solutions for…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – Step One: People

By Andrew Bartolini October 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Strategy

Procurement transformation has become a familiar topic here on CPO Rising, particularly over the past couple of years when it has become increasingly clear that what got procurement departments where…

What the Defense Contract Management Agency can Teach us about Better Buying

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2015Articles, General, Process, Strategy

In an article from Federal News Radio, it was reported that the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is seeking to improve and standardize decision making among its geographically dispersed network of buyers,…

How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – an Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini October 21, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

As a researcher, one of the challenges to studying a phenomenon (also known as a dependent variable) is to forego assigning causation to a single independent variable without considering other…

Technology Round-Up – October 16, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2015Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

IQNavigator and HR4You Partner to Enhance Contingent Workforce Management Early last month, IQNavigator, the Colorado-based provider of Vendor Management Systems (VMS) for contingent workforce management (CWM), announced that it is…

Upcoming Webinar: The State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 – Supplier-Centric Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and LexisNexis on Thursday, October 22 at 2:00 PM EST for this free webinar on the State of Strategic Sourcing 2015 - Supplier-Centric Sourcing, which draws on the responses…

The Best-in-Class Approach to Contract Management

By Andrew Bartolini October 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Contracts are the lifeblood of an enterprise, as they cement the relationships it has with its suppliers that provide it with the optimal mix of goods and services that the…

Technology Round-Up – October 8, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini October 8, 2015Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Tradeshift Enters the eProcurement Market Last week, Tradeshift announced the launch of a new eProcurement solution, Tradeshift Buy, a solution that includes product catalogs, a virtual store, and the collaboration…

CPO News – October 2, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini October 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Bombardier Names Bucholz as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer In early September, Bombardier, a Montreal-based manufacturer of aircraft and trains, announced that it has hired Nico Buchholz as Senior Vice…

What Can Modern Contract Management Processes and Tools Do for the Enterprise?

By Andrew Bartolini September 25, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today’s article is the second in a series of articles centered on our Collaborative Contract Management report, sponsored by Iasta, and available for download here. In 2015, contract management has evolved from…