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It’s a Brand New Day: AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2014Articles, People, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their…

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…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Business Consulting Skills

By Andrew Bartolini June 11, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Technology2 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 skills and capabilities…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Leveraging Technology to Drive Business Value

By Andrew Bartolini June 9, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology1 Comment

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 skills and capabilities…

Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Operational Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini May 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Most Chief Procurement Officers love to invest in their people. So, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key skills and capabilities (or higher-level competencies)…

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…

The Future of Procurement (Podcast)

By Andrew Bartolini May 19, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Technology

Rachel Spasser, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba and I recently recorded a podcast where we discussed the future of procurement. The podcast was moderated by Dana…

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…

Tracking the Evolution of the VMS Platform

By Christopher Dwyer May 7, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Solution Providers, Technology

Discussions regarding contingent workforce management (CWM) technology are frequent here at CPO Rising, and often revolve not only around the benefits and results that enterprises achieve by utilizing these solutions,…