Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Procurement Today: Are You Top Tier?

By Andrew Bartolini April 30, 2013Articles

In the contemporary procurement world, the typical CPO strives to drive value to the procurement organization via a multitude of strategies, solutions, and core competencies. During last month’s webinar, Procurement…

Concur Fusion 2013 – The Next 20 Years of Business Travel

By Andrew Bartolini April 19, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I was in Las Vegas for Concur's annual user conference, Fusion. Concur, a provider of travel and expense management solutions (also ePayables solutions) has become such a…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 2

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process

Chris Dwyer is back with the second article in a four-part series that will present a series of best practices and recommended strategies for managing the modern contingent workforce framework…

Coupa Inspire ’13: The Real Thing

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2013Articles, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this week, I attended Coupa's inaugural user conference, Inspire,in San Francisco. It was a winning and impressive display that blended executive and product presentations with client success stories on…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 1

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process

Ardent's Research Director and complex category guru, Chris Dwyer, kicks off the week with the first in a series of articles highlighting the best practices in contingent workforce management. Welcome…

How Procurement Can Transform Contingent Workforce Management

By Andrew Bartolini April 5, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategy

Today, another article from Christopher Dwyer Research Director and VP of Operations @ Ardent Partners. As many of you well know, Chris has been an industry analyst for the past…

The Business Network Landscape: Industries (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Given the overall market interest in B2B/business networks, we decided to publish a series that looks at the different types of networks. We started in Part 1 of this series…

The Business Network Landscape: Europe (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2013Articles, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Vishal Patel is co-author of today’s article Ardent Partners defines a B2B or Business network as a web-based platform that enables interconnected buyers and sellers to trade, communicate, and/or collaborate…

The Next Wave of Events Management

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Strategy1 Comment

New Research Director at Ardent Partners and even newer father, Chris Dwyer is back this time to discuss another complex category of spend - Events Management. The Next Wave of…

Rise of the Machines: The Five Technologies That Will Disrupt Procurement’s World

By Andrew Bartolini March 20, 2013Articles, Events, General, Technology

So, Ardent Partners is putting on a show, a virtual show or webinar that is. In fact, many of you have already noticed our new page and promotion - "Featured…