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The Business Case for Supply Risk Management in 2019: By the Numbers

By Andrew Bartolini November 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

There's a business case to be made for adopting and implementing supply risk management (SRM) tools, as well as supplier performance management (SPM) and supplier information management (SIM) tools. Part…

Five Best Practices in Supplier Information Management

By Andrew Bartolini October 3, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

In the current “Age of Innovation,” businesses are more reliant upon their suppliers than ever before. But, the ability of sourcing and procurement teams to fully optimize their suppliers’ performance…

Technology Round-Up – June 21, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing, procurement,…

The Consumerization of Procurement Technologies: A Hot Take on Some Hot Tech

By Andrew Bartolini June 12, 2018Articles, Process, Technology

In 2018, knowledge workers have arrived at an exciting juncture: a place where business and consumer technologies intersect with current procurement business technologies and emerging innovations. And it's creating a…

Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Six: A Warm Welcome

By Andrew Bartolini May 21, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

As Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) know all too well, how and what you communicate during the sourcing process sets the stage for the resulting supplier relationship. And while that relationship may never…

Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Five: Efficient (and Robust) Evaluations

By Andrew Bartolini May 16, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Seven Keys to Better Sourcing and Supplier Management, Part Four: Clear Communication

By Andrew Bartolini May 8, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Technology Round-Up – April 19, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Best Practices in Supplier Management – A 360 Degree View

By Andrew Bartolini March 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

A fact of 2018 is that while meeting suppliers is not particularly difficult, finding the right ones and managing them well is. Heightened volatility in a market that has become increasingly…

The Changing Nature of Supplier Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 19, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Business in 2018 is remarkably different than it was five years ago and it will be remarkably different five years from now. Product lifecycles are collapsing as are the windows…