Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Report) is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

I am very pleased to announce that my annual CPO Rising report is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). I began publishing an annual CPO-focused report in 2006…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review…

Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over…

Spend Analysis & Sourcing: Connecting the Sourcing Dots for Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

I recently exchanged notes with a colleague who commented that recently, CPO Rising seems to have been very focused on operational procurement and complex spend management over the past month…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I

By Andrew Bartolini April 10, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement…

Breaking News: Basware to Acquire Procserve for EUR 25.9 Million

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2015Articles, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology2 Comments

On Wednesday, April 8, Basware, the Finland-based provider of procure-to-pay (P2P) and e-invoicing solutions, announced that it has signed an agreement with Procserve to acquire the UK-based public sector e-procurement solutions provider…

The State of Strategic Sourcing: Collaborate and Connect the Dots

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past couple of months, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which published in Q4 last year and is currently available. Interested…

AP’s Top Trends in 2015: The Increasing Automation of Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s note: On April 16, Ardent Partners will host a complimentary webinar (sponsored by Concur) focused on the top trends in accounts payable for the year ahead (register at this link).…

Technology Round-Up – April 2, 2015

By Andrew Bartolini April 2, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Concur to Release Re-Engineered Travel Risk Application by Mid Year According to Business Travel News, Concur, the Washington state-based subsidiary of SAP, has re-engineered its legacy travel and risk management…

Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015 (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2015Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Trendspotting...... Join Ardent's lead analysts as they highlight the key trends impacting AP in 201 and beyond on April 16th at 2PM ET - Click here for details and to…