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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 3)

By Andrew Bartolini June 7, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

Our profile of Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. concludes today (It began here and continued here). Since the…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini June 3, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

Our story with CPO on the Rise in 2011, Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. continues today with a…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini June 1, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

After a slightly longer than expected break, our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series ramps back up this month and will go "full throttle" over the summer. We have…

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 Rising Update (May 2011)

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Since the world did not end this weekend, I thought it might be time for a few thank-yous and updates to start the week. We’ll be right back at it…

Ardent Partners and the Institute of Financial Operations Announce Alliance and First Event

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, GeneralNo Comments

Today we are pleased to officially announce our multi-year alliance with The Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”). The IFO is the newly rebranded name of the organization that includes the…

The CPO Scorecard™

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy4 Comments

For those who have taken the survey for my next report – a sincere thanks! For those that have not yet, please consider spending a few minutes today taking the…

Keeping Score

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, GeneralNo Comments

In the survey for our upcoming research report, we pose the question: Savings impact on procurement bonuses: To what extent do savings results drive your bonus structure? Less than 25%…

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…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Vaibhav Agarwal: Touchdown Procurement!

By Andrew Bartolini April 14, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, PeopleNo Comments

It was when Notre Dame decided almost ten years ago to move from processing paper requisitions to an eProcurement system that “friend of the site” and latest profile in our…