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A Contemporary Take on Sell-Side Contract Lifecycle Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 3, 2013Articles, Events, General, Process1 Comment

Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team traveled en masse to AribaLIVE, Ariba’s annual event that brings together 2,000 of its customers, prospects, staffers, and partners, plus a who's who…

Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer May 9, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Strategy

Having just returned from one of our industry's biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a…

Concur Fusion 2013 – The Next 20 Years of Business Travel

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur's annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a…

Coupa Inspire ’13: The Real Thing

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2013Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I attended Coupa's inaugural user conference, Inspire,in San Francisco. It was a winning and impressive display that blended executive and product presentations with client success stories on…

Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini October 31, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

As we've been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we've been a little slower with articles these past two weeks - we will be back in…

Case Closed: How to Build a Winning Business Case in Seven Easy Steps

By Andrew Bartolini October 1, 2012Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

UPDATE: The webinar discussed below is now available by clicking the following archive link (registration required). The fall event season has officially begun. Accordingly, I will try to update you…

P2P – The Best-in-Class Blueprint (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini September 17, 2012Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

The results of Best-in-Class organizations show that an investment in P2P can pay large dividends, while the relentless pressure on bottom-line performance makes a P2P investment all, but necessary, for…

Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a…

CPO Shop Talk: Ariba LIVE 2012

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Ariba’s North American Conference Ariba LIVE 2012 was held last week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. What I said last year about the event still holds true that "Ariba’s…

CPO Rising Tournament 2012 – Postscript

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

Procurement fans, the CPO's March Madness whirlwind has ended and as you now know, Strategic Sourcing was crowned the Champion and Top CPO Tool in 2012 (final game results are…