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CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I

By Andrew Bartolini April 10, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 11) – Situation Normal….

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

Procurement Influencer Series: Roy Anderson from MetaProcure

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Some of the best analysis of the state of procurement and its future comes from leaders who have experienced it from the inside as a Chief Procurement Officer or procurement…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 10) – Fast & Furious

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 9) – The Tip of the Iceberg

By Andrew Bartolini February 18, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 8) – Hail Mary

By Andrew Bartolini February 11, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

We invite all procurement, P2P, and supply management practitioners to participate in my upcoming CPO-focused research study (to be called “CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?“) by clicking the…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 7) – Our Dilbert Moment

By Andrew Bartolini February 5, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

A message from Andrew Bartolini (me): I invite all procurement, P2P, and supply management practitioners to participate in my upcoming CPO-focused research study (to be called "CPO Rising 2015: What's…

CPO Rising 2015: What’s Next for Procurement?

By Andrew Bartolini January 30, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners conducts one CPO-focused market research study each year and we’d like to invite you to participate in it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance the…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 6) – The Rubber Hits the Road

By Andrew Bartolini January 27, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

On this season of CPO Serial, I interviewed the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at a large US-based manufacturer about his experience with a company-wide outsourcing initiative and how he and his…