Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Webinar! The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get BIG Value from BIG Data

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

For those working in procurement and supply management, BIG Data is a BIG opportunity...don't let it become a BIG Problem! Join Ardent Partners and Tamr on a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 PM. Learn More and Register Now!…

Procurement Analytics in 2016: The Quest for Visibility

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Editor's Note: Today we're talking about procurement analytics and the quest for visibility in 2016. On June 23, we're going to be discussing The Future of Procurement Analytics: How to Get…

3 Ways Accounts Payable and Treasury Can Collaborate

By Andrew Bartolini June 9, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Accounts payable (“AP”) and treasury can and should be natural partners within the average enterprise. AP manages a significant source of cash outflows in the form of supplier payments, and…

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

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, 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 –…

ISM 2016: Five Values You Share with Millennials

By Andrew Bartolini June 7, 2016Articles, Events, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Technology

One of the hottest trends in supply management over the past year has been to discuss the rise of the Millennial Generation and how they are on deck, ready and…

3 Reasons AP is Vital to Cash Management

By Andrew Bartolini June 6, 2016Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Accounts payable (“AP”) in the modern age has the potential to become a hub of financial and operational intelligence for the greater enterprise, pushing this once back-office function into new…

ISM 2016: Reaching Millennials with Technology

By Andrew Bartolini June 3, 2016Articles, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year in a…

Private Equity Firm to Buy SciQuest and Take it Private

By Andrew Bartolini June 2, 2016Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

On Tuesday, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers a suite of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Accel-KKR, an Atlanta and…

How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – A Series Introduction

By Andrew Bartolini June 1, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, 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 –…

ISM 2016: Talking Growth with Tom Derry

By Andrew Bartolini May 31, 2016Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year…