Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Instant Analysis: Tradeshift to Acquire IBX Business Network

By Andrew Bartolini March 8, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today, March 8, San Francisco-based Tradeshift, the cloud-based business network, announced that it has entered into an agreement with CapGemini to acquire the latter's IBX Business Network ("IBX"). The deal is expected to close in…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – eInvoicing

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –…

Procurement Performance: Moving Beyond Savings

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to help advance…

CPO Scorecard: Our Performance Measurement Recommendation

By Andrew Bartolini March 3, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Opportunity: Harvesting Supplier Innovation

By Andrew Bartolini March 2, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Challenge: Mapping Processes to Systems

By Andrew Bartolini March 1, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Chief Procurement Officers: Developing Procurement Mastery

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade – Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…

A Portrait of the CPO as a Young Man or Woman

By Andrew Bartolini February 27, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

CPO Rising 2017: Tools of The Trade - Ardent Partners conducts an annual procurement-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey, you have an opportunity to…

Is the Conflict Minerals Provision in Dodd-Frank Going Away?

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

As we noted in our recent 2017 Procurement: Big Trends and Predictions webinar, the current U.S. trade policies and the regulatory environment should be tracked more closely because change is…

CWM Technology Round-Up – February 23, 2017

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

DCR Workforce Partners with EdgeVerve on Indirect Procurement Solution Last month, DCR Workforce, a Florida-based Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Vendor Management Systems (VMS) solution developer, announced that it has partnered with…