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CPO Shop Talk (SAP SAPPHIRE Edition): (1) Overview (2) Portfolio Synchronicity (3) Users

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Don't think me unkind, but those procurement pros who were in Orlando last week and spent all of their time at the ISM conference missed another great procurement event just…

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…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers2 Comments

Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…

Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2011Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

Dateline: May 8-12 Event: FUSION 2011 Host: The Institute of Financial Operations Place: Orlando Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center The newly rebranded Institute of Financial Operations (“IFO”) hosted its…

Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2011Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &…

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…

Innovation: Pushing Boundaries at Concur Fusion

By Andrew Bartolini February 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Innovation will be a bigger theme at CPO Rising this year, it will also be the central focus of our major research report in the first half of 2011 [Sidebar:…

Dinner, Drinks, and……. A Roundtable on Sourcing Success

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2011Articles, Events, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Dinner, Drinks, and a Movie Roundtable on Sourcing Success – what could be better? One of the first reports that we published at Ardent Partners, Sourcing in the 2010’s: The…

Master Data Mastery – Strategies to Improve Procurement Performance

By Andrew Bartolini January 20, 2011Articles, Events, General, StrategyNo Comments

I've said it before: The world is becoming more and more data driven. The enterprise is also becoming more and more data driven – whether it is strategic planning or…

Webinar: Five New Year’s Resolutions for More Effective T&E Management

By Andrew Bartolini January 18, 2011Articles, Events, General, StrategyNo Comments

Over the years, my supply management research has, at times, taken a process focus or a technology focus or an industry focus or a regional focus or a role focus.…