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CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…

The CPO Scorecard™

By Andrew Bartolini May 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategy4 Comments

For those who have taken the survey for my next report – a sincere thanks! For those that have not yet, please consider spending a few minutes today taking the…

The Dog Days – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini March 10, 2011Articles, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Revisiting an earlier article that is timelier today for our many readers in the Southern Hemisphere, who are just getting to work on a long, hot Friday in the middle…

Embedded – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 21, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Another big procurement issue is how to collaborate and engage with the business. This article looks at one way strategy that can help achieve both: Today we will focus on…

The Gold Standard – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 11, 2011Articles, Process, Strategy2 Comments

Among other topics, Ardent Partners' upcoming report The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews tackles the big issue of procurement performance measurement. This article looks at a golden…

The Dog Days

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2010Articles, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

With apologies to our growing contingent of Chief Procurement Officers and other readers based in the southern hemisphere who are hip-deep into winter – please set a reminder in your…

Hawk Those Legal Eagles

By Andrew Bartolini June 7, 2010Articles, General, Process, StrategyNo Comments

This past weekend, I caught up with a bunch of friends on a visit to Mt. St. James. One friend is now a partner in the corporate section of the…

Embedded

By Andrew Bartolini May 26, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy2 Comments

At several of the events that I have spoken at in April and May, my presentation theme has paralleled one of the 10 or 2010 articles written to kick off…

The Gold Standard

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2010Articles, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful CPOs and procurement organizations that have…