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ePayables: The Digital Difference Webinar

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2010Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

A deficient accounts payable function creates problems for procurement and the CPO. AP departments that lack technology, centralization of oversight, and visibility negatively impact procurement processes and performance. A discussion…

“We have no specific procurement goals.”

By Andrew Bartolini March 19, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

The title of this article was the response I received to the question “How does your CFO measure your performance?” that I posed to the director of procurement for a…

The “CPO Bump”

By Andrew Bartolini March 17, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

While the cost of some marketing programs can be excessive, effective campaigns can pay huge dividends for many years. One of the most challenging aspects in all of marketing is…

Meadwestvaco’s Total P2P Package

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

Chris Osen, Vice President of Supply Management at Meadwestvaco ("MWV") took the presentation baton from me at the NAPP Conference (after I took it from Bill Dempsey) and delivered a…

P2P Tastes Great at MillerCoors

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Bill Dempsey, Director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing at MillerCoors ("MC") kicked off the 18th Annual NAPP Conference in Marina Del Rey this past Monday with a Keynote Address entitled…

10 for 2010: Strategies to Improve Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2010Articles, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

I have a good feeling about Accounts Payable (AP) in this decade. In recent years, there has been increasing momentum within the marketplace for AP transformation. Not the kind of…

What’s Past is Prologue!

By Andrew Bartolini January 4, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General1 Comment

When business historians reflect on the first decade of the new millennium, the broad-based transformation that occurred within the average enterprise’s procurement department will be on the list of top…