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Procurement’s Evolution, Part I: Convergence with Finance

By Christopher Dwyer December 20, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Strategy1 Comment

Today in the waning days of 2013, we being a new series that will highlight procurement’s (and the chief procurement officer's) evolving influence within the greater enterprise. Each of these…

The Dynamic Trio – C2FO

By Andrew Bartolini December 2, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

For decades, managing cash has been the responsibility of the Treasury department of most large companies. Today, while that is generally still the case, more business functions and employees are…

CPO 2019: A Five-Year Outlook (Part I)

By Christopher Dwyer November 22, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

The team here at CPO Rising is always particularly interested in the future of the spend management industry. It’s exciting to think of the new technologies, new solutions and new…

The Dynamic Trio – Tradeshift

By Andrew Bartolini November 12, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

As Andrew often says, "if cash is king, managing it well is aces." For decades, managing cash was the responsibility of the Treasury department of most large companies. Today, while…

Corporate Convergence: Finance and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Convergence has been a big theme this past decade. Frankly, it seems like everything is converging with something else. Your local pharmacy is now your walk-in clinic. Your low-cost retailer…

The CPO – CFO Alliance

By Andrew Bartolini June 28, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Strategy

“The CFO-CPO relationship might be the most important relationship that exists or needs to exist within the enterprise.”– John Paterson, Chief Procurement Officer, IBM We agree with John and that's…

A P2P Case Study – Treasury Perspective

By Andrew Bartolini September 28, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I gave a presentation at ADP P2P Solutions‘ Seminar “Game-Changing Advances in Finance and Payables” held in the conference area of Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas…

Payables Place Math: AP + Treasury = Working Capital Optimization

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

For those of you straddling the P2P line or just interested in the "second P," I'd like to call your attention to Ardent Partners' research director, Vishal Patel's site, Payables…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling All Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

So, where were we? Ahh, that’s right – the CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series is back and with a big push coming up we plan to focus on…

F/X Effects

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2011Articles, General, StrategyNo Comments

I have the great fortune to be working on an interesting strategy consulting project (procurement-related) for a multi-national that will keep me in Europe for the next few weeks. I…