Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

The Path to P2P Excellence Runs Through Finance and Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini October 20, 2011Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

In our last article, we discussed the opportunity that exists for many enterprises to improve their P2P operations (P2P is defined more broadly as Procurement and Accounts Payable - not…

CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union

By Andrew Bartolini October 19, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Strategy3 Comments

We keep finding ourselves drawn to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) - Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) relationship story because it is one of the most difficult and challenging within the…

Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (1)

By Andrew Bartolini October 17, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy1 Comment

Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar that focused on the issues of procurement performance and procurement value and the fundamental differences that exist between the…

Adoption Series – Getting Over the Hump

By Andrew Bartolini October 12, 2011Articles, General, Technology2 Comments

I guess today (Wednesday) is “Hump Day” – It’s not a term I’ve ever incorporated into my everyday conversations. To be honest, I actually try to avoid using it because…

An ePayables Business Case Made Easy

By Andrew Bartolini October 11, 2011Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Technology2 Comments

As we mentioned in an article last week, Ardent Partners is initiating its technology coverage with the launch of the its first SMARTSet™. A SMARTSet is a low-cost, comprehensive set…

Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (2)

By Andrew Bartolini October 10, 2011Articles, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of…

Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (1)

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2011Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of…

Introducing The ePayables SMARTSet

By Andrew Bartolini October 6, 2011Articles, Procure-to-Pay, TechnologyNo Comments

We often highlight the thought-leadership reports and presentations that Ardent Partners publishes/presents on the pages of CPO Rising as a way to share some of our key research findings and…

Six Major Trends for AP in 2012

By Andrew Bartolini October 5, 2011Articles, General, Lists, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology18 Comments

While I have personally have spent a good deal of my time over the past six years focusing on the accounts payable market, at Ardent Partners, we have another analyst…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling all Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini October 3, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues - In our last article we introduced you to an EMEA-based Chief Procurement Officer who works for a company that operates in 38…