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The “Innovative” Impact of Contract Solutions – Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Over the last few years, the contract management (or contract lifecycle management) solution space has seen some exciting new innovations, after lagging behind other areas in the supply management space…

The “Innovative” Impact of Contract Solutions – Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

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…

Use Cases for Data and Intelligent Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2022Articles, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners' 17th annual State of Procurement report -- CPO Rising 2022: The Data Revolution -- is coming soon and I want to thank the 350+ procurement leaders who've taken…

Procurement Experts on CPO Rising (Deploying Technology During a Pandemic)

By Andrew Bartolini March 9, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

On January 4, 2010, Ardent Partners launched CPO Rising as a new resource to procurement leaders around the world. The site tagline then (and now) was (and is) straight and to the…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Michael Hillman

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 303 of the Procurement Rising Podcast. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and supply…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Ardent Partners’ CPO Spectacular

By Andrew Bartolini February 13, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 302 of the Procurement Rising Podcast. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and supply…

Procurement Experts on CPO Rising – The Procurement Diagnostic

By Andrew Bartolini February 2, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Since January, 2020, our team has dedicated countless hours to bringing our best ideas and writing to the pages of CPO Rising. The site's tagline, “The Site for Chief Procurement Officers and…

Procurement Rising Podcast – Jean-Michel Dos Remedios, Bel Brands

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2022Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Podcast, Procurement Rising

Today, Episode 301 of the Procurement Rising Podcast. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and supply…

Three “Macro” Predictions for Procurement in 2030

By Andrew Bartolini January 28, 2022Articles, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

At the beginning of 2020, my team and I were prepared to launch a large series - "Procurement 2030" on CPO Rising - what procurement would look like in 10…