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Selectica Selects Iasta (Announces Plan to Acquire)

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2014Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Selectica (ticker: SLTC) , a solution provider best known in our industry for its Contract Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire…

Technology Round-Up – May 28, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini May 28, 2014Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

It's only our second "Tech Round-up" and already, I'm thinking that we may need to rename this series - too generic. Anyway, as a reminder, this month, CPO Rising started…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Contract Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Leading Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies) that a procurement professional…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Category Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 20, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy3 Comments

It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key…

Proactis to Acquire Intesource

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Supply Market Knowledge

By Andrew Bartolini May 15, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

This year, I was invited to present (twice!) at the annual ISM conference in Las Vegas. My presentations are part of the "Emerging Practitioner" track designed to help younger procurement professionals…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – The Sourcing Process

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report

By Andrew Bartolini May 5, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…

Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014

By Andrew Bartolini May 2, 2014Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we've…

Coupa Inspire 2014: Coupa’s New Language of Success

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2014Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month I attended Coupa's user conference, Coupa INSPIRE, in San Francisco. This second annual conference built upon the success of last year's event and provided great insight into…