Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2011Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…

Collaborative Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2011Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…

The Adoption Series (3) – “Bridging” the Gap

By Andrew Bartolini July 28, 2011Articles, General, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Take a second and think about a bridge, any bridge, your favorite bridge if you have one (do people have favorite bridges?). Although I’ve spent a fair amount of time…

1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This…

CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution ProvidersNo Comments

The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…

The Adoption Series (2) – You Are Not Alone

By Andrew Bartolini July 19, 2011Articles, General, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

While I personally find the adoption rates of supply management technologies in the marketplace to be generally disappointing (for example, eProcurement solutions, which only 52% of enterprises have adopted[1]) and…

CPOs on the Rise: Executive Q&A

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, StrategyNo Comments

Somehow, I have been sitting on this discussion with a global procurement leader for far too long. I share with you now, the verbatim Q&A conducted several months ago. How has…

CPOs on the Rise: Q&A with Luca Guzzaboca

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, StrategyNo Comments

Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE and Security Management at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (of the Montepaschi Group) has returned with us today to join…

The Adoption Series (1)

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2011Articles, General, TechnologyNo Comments

Having been immersed in the world of supply management technology (development, packaging, usage) for many years, I was startled by the market adoption numbers I found in my first market…

F/X Effects

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2011Articles, General, StrategyNo Comments

I have the great fortune to be working on an interesting strategy consulting project (procurement-related) for a multi-national that will keep me in Europe for the next few weeks. I…