Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Zycus Horizon 2013: AMD’s Pathway to Procurement Excellence

By Andrew Bartolini November 1, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Zycus’ annual user conference, Horizon 2013, was held this past week and offered up a blend of thought leadership, customer case studies, company vision, and a celebrity keynote (Archie Manning).…

Zycus Horizon 2013: CEO’s Vision

By Andrew Bartolini October 30, 2013Articles, Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Zycus' annual user conference, Horizon 2013, is in the books, starting this past Sunday and ending Tuesday afternoon. Offering a blend of thought leadership, customer case studies, company vision, and…

The Next Generation of CWM Technology, Part IV: The Wild Cards

By Andrew Bartolini October 28, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Welcome to the fourth article in a four-part series on the technology landscape within the Contingent Workforce Management industry, which looks at how the “next generation” of these solutions may…

Whirlpool’s Enhanced Supplier Repository

By Andrew Bartolini October 25, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Last week, I attended iValua’s biennial user conference, “iValua: On Air” in Paris. iValua is a French-based solution provider with a full source-to-pay suite. The event offered a blend of…

iValua On Air

By Andrew Bartolini October 18, 2013Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending iValua's biennial user conference, "iValua: On Air" in Paris. Now in its 13th year, iValua is a French-based solution provider with…

Evolution of the Business Network

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Business Networks - the first of these networks, which were developed in the mid-to-late nineties, targeted the procurement function and were at the heart of the B2B internet craze. At…

eInvoicing Costs Less

By Andrew Bartolini October 9, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Who said eInvoicing costs less? Actually, the market did. As you have already seen in other articles (such as this one or this one), Ardent Partners recently completed a fairly…

Basware & MasterCard Announce New B2B ePayment Solution

By Andrew Bartolini October 2, 2013Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

We've said it before - the ePayments market has just shifted into second gear We've also said that depending on where you are, managing ePayments can be difficult and cumbersome…

Contingent Workforce Management: A Framework for Success

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2013Articles, General, People

I’m excited to announce that Ardent Partners has just launched the new survey to our first research study on Contingent Workforce Management CPO Rising readers now have the chance to…

Designing a Procurement Transformation for Best-in-Class Performance

By Andrew Bartolini September 27, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Earlier this past summer, I published a research series on Procurement Transformation to help procurement organizations design, plan, build and execute a proper procurement transformation program and utilize leading-edge strategies…