Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

BravoSolution and Basware Form Global Partnership to Attack the Source-to-Pay Market

By Andrew Bartolini September 18, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

After months of work at the executive levels within each company, BravoSolution and Basware yesterday announced the formation of a new global partnership that will be focused on jointly attacking the…

Corporate Convergence: Finance and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Convergence has been a big theme this past decade. Frankly, it seems like everything is converging with something else. Your local pharmacy is now your walk-in clinic. Your low-cost retailer…

ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2013Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology1 Comment

I am pleased to announce that Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of accounts payable is now available from the report’s different sponsors by clicking here,…

An Epic Welcome to Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

There's a new meme making its way around the "internets" courtesy of a Georgia Tech sophomore's welcome speech at this year's Freshman Convocation. It's less than two minutes and since…

Strategic Sourcing in 2013

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

What is strategic sourcing? Throughout our "Summer of Sourcing," we've looked at various aspects of the sourcing process, what sourcing leaders do to be more effective than their peers, and…

Procurement Transformation: Buzzword…or a Viable Strategy?

By Andrew Bartolini August 9, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Strategy

Today, we’ll discuss a concept that some Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) have made a top priority over recent years: procurement transformation. Within the greater procurement and sourcing industry, new and…

Spend and Sourcing Analytics: Gateway to Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini August 7, 2013Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The summer of 2013 is the “Summer of Sourcing” on CPO Rising, as we deliver a slew of sourcing-related articles on a wide variety of topics that fall under the…

The State of Strategic Sourcing 2013

By Andrew Bartolini August 5, 2013Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We're pleased to announce that Ardent Partners' State of Strategic Sourcing Report 2013 is now available. Subtitled: "Speed is Good, Agility is Better," this research report dives deep into the…

Best-in-Class Supplier Management, Part I

By Andrew Bartolini July 29, 2013Articles, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy1 Comment

Our “Summer of Sourcing" is picking up steam, we hope you're enjoying it. One apex this summer will be when we cap off this week's stories with the publication of…

The CPO’s View: Six Strategies to Engage the CFO

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2013Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Forces are combining to align procurement and finance. For example, the evolution and expansion of the CFO and Chief Procurement Officer roles have served to bring these two leaders and…