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CPO Rising Listicle: Six Things to Help Prepare for a Supplier Negotiation

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2023Articles, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Fridays (in 2023) means that it's time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendation designed to…

Technology Round-Up — September 14, 2022

By John Yuva September 14, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider…

Procurement Benchmarks 2022 — How Do You Compare?

By John Yuva August 5, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy

Want access to the great research discussed in this article? Register for our newsletter today!! As we explore critical procurement benchmarks in this year's CPO Rising 2022 Report, it's important…

Introducing Arkestro and Predictive Procurement Orchestration

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2022Articles, Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Conference season is upon us and my team and I will be slowly wading back into the waters for the first time since the shutdown. Trip #1 for me was…

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The Intersection of Data and Sourcing Prior to my time as an analyst, I was a strategic sourcing consultant, or more specifically, an eSourcing consultant, since I always used an…

Best of 2021: Procurement Rising Podcast – Ian Maher, Global Atlantic Financial Group

By Andrew Bartolini December 23, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we are going to re-publish episodes from our “Procurement Rising” podcast series. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement…

Best of 2021: Procurement Rising Podcast – Jacob Larsen, Maersk Group & Published Author

By Andrew Bartolini December 22, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Throwback Thursday: The Visibility Factor – Another Best-in-Class Advantage (for Sourcing)

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing

Today, we’ll deep-dive into the notion of visibility, and the multiple angles of visibility in which Best-in-Class organizations (those top-performing organizations from Ardent’s upcoming “State of Strategic Sourcing” research report)…

Flashback Friday: How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – Spend Analysis and eSourcing

By Andrew Bartolini July 23, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process

[Editor’s Note: We continue our “Flashback” series with a look at how improved technologies can transform procurement] Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and procurement practitioners have the need and the capability for advanced…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Ian Maher, Global Atlantic Financial Group

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2021Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 103 of our new Procurement Rising Podcast In this podcast, I will be interviewing Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in…