Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Four Best-in-Class Ways to “Connect the Dots” and Improve Sourcing Results in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini January 7, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Over the past couple of months, we have been featuring analysis from our recent report, The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers…

CPO Serial: Procurement Outsourcing (Episode 3) – The Counterproposal

By Andrew Bartolini January 6, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategy

Procurement outsourcing has arrived. It may not be beloved by Chief Procurement Officers, but it is certainly on many of their radar screens. It is a topic that many of…

Procurement Influencer Series: Richard Waugh of Zycus

By Andrew Bartolini January 5, 2015Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

In the procurement and supply management spaces, Richard Waugh is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of experience in B2B, eCommerce, and Sourcing technology development and innovation. Richard…

Best of 2014: Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Data Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini January 2, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! This…

Best of 2014: Alicia Ralston: Sowing the Seeds of Collaboration at ADM

By Andrew Bartolini January 1, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Technology

Happy New Year! Our Best of 2014 series continues below: This year we have been working to deliver a “CPO Rising Virtual Roundtable” series, sponsored by IBM. Each of the…

Best of 2014: P2P Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini December 30, 2014Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! The…

Best of 2014: CPOs in 2014: Doing Better with Same

By Andrew Bartolini December 29, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Editor's Note: This week on CPO Rising, we're publishing five "best of" articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! Ardent…

Seasons Greetings!

By Andrew Bartolini December 24, 2014Articles, Events, General

Another year will soon be in the books and 2015 is going start with a bang! (more on that in January)! Until then, we want to extend a warm holiday…

Supplier Performance Management: The Fourth Strategic Sourcing Pillar

By Andrew Bartolini December 23, 2014Articles, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Over the past month, Ardent Partners has featured analysis from The State of Strategic Sourcing 2014: Connecting the Dots, which is now out and available. Interested readers can find the report here and here. This research…

Using Spend Under Management Principles to Drive Improved Financial Performance

By Andrew Bartolini December 22, 2014Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[A note from the editor: In August, Andrew posed the question - How Do You Define Spend Under Management? - to our audience and invited them to share their views because we…