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Procurement Performance: Reporting Out, Managing In – A Case Study

By Andrew Bartolini June 6, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

I recently caught up with a procurement executive and "friend of the site" to discuss eProcurement systems and the complexity of managing back-end systems for a company that has been…

CPO Shop Talk: SAPPHIRE 2013 Edition

By Andrew Bartolini May 24, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Through a scheduling blunder (not my only of the season), I was a virtual attendee of this year's SAPPHIRE NOW & ASUG 2013 conference held last week in Orlando. With…

Keynote from Ariba LIVE 2013: Ramsay Chu

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers

When I last spoke with "friend of the site," Ramsay Chu in early 2012, he had just been hired as the new Global Head of Procurement ("CPO") at Rio Tinto…

Ariba LIVE 2013: Keynote from Down Under

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Ariba LIVE was held this week in Washington DC and the analyst team from Ardent Partners was there in full force. Yes, just us and 2,000 customers, staffers, partners, sponsors,…

CPO News – May 6, 2013

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People

CPOs on the Rise From "CPO" to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief…

CPO Shop Talk (1) Supply Risk (2) More Supply Risk (3) Featured Webinar

By Andrew Bartolini March 15, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

After taking 2012 off, the series "CPO Shop Talk" is back. This is the series where, from time to time, we will attempt to share some of the less-formal conversations…

Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet

By Andrew Bartolini March 13, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy1 Comment

I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a…

Keeping Score

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Even the Chief Procurement Officers who focus almost solely on savings realize that procurement can deliver value across a wide range of areas. To misquote Vince Lombardi, "Savings isn't everything....…

CPO News – March 1, 2013

By Andrew Bartolini March 1, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

All the CPO News That's Fit to Print New South African Chief Procurement Officer to Lead Transformation and Fight Huge Corruption Earlier this week, South African Minister of Finance, Pravin…

Send a Lieutenant

By Andrew Bartolini February 22, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

From the Archives (May 19, 2010) but, with a few updates: This one is worth another look if simply for the picture - Wow! In January of 2007, “Mister Softee”…