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Accounts Payable and Procurement Collaboration: Two Hearts Beat as One

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Historically, AP and procurement teams have operated in business silos; each responsible for certain parts of the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, but rarely cooperating as true teammates. Perhaps it’s because they…

CPO News – June 5, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini June 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

TSYS Names New Global Chief Procurement Officer TSYS, a provider of payment processing solutions located in Columbus, Ga, recently announced that Walter Taylor will join their executive team as Chief…

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…

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…

CPO News – US Court Strikes Down Conflict Minerals Provision, Upholds Others

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2014Articles, General, Process

On Monday, April 14, a U.S. Appellate Court struck down key provisions of the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring many American companies to declare…