Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

MMQ – Procurement Rorschach Test – Is Procurement a Finance or Operations Function?

By Andrew Bartolini October 25, 2010Articles, General3 Comments

Monday Morning Query: Is Procurement a Finance or Operations Function? The Context The next topic that Ardent Partners (a leading supply management research firm) will be focusing on is the…

The Future of P2P – eProcurement (Part 4)

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2010Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Technology3 Comments

The “Future of P2P” series continues today with a look at integration. Every time we think we're nearing the end of this series, more ideas keep popping up that we…

Supply Risk and its Potential to Negatively Impact Revenue

By Andrew Bartolini October 20, 2010Articles, General, Strategy2 Comments

If you are looking for another example of the importance of procurement and its impact on revenue and profits, just pick up today’s business section of your newspaper do a…

Monday Morning Query: Why Aren’t There More RFIs?

By Andrew Bartolini October 18, 2010Articles, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

The Context Information. We all need it. We all want it. We all use it. It’s so helpful when it’s timely, accurate, and comprehensive – even if it’s never quite…

The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 3)

By Andrew Bartolini October 15, 2010Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology1 Comment

No prelude for part three of this miniseries on the Future of P2P – eProcurement - other than to say part one which looked the key problems and future of…

Supplier Discovery

By Andrew Bartolini October 13, 2010Articles, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

dis·cov·er \dis-kə-vər\ verb: (1): to make known or visible; (2): to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time; On Monday, 46 or 47 of the 50 US States…

The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini October 8, 2010Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology1 Comment

Today, part two of our “mini-series” on the Future of P2P – eProcurement (part one is here) which is part of our larger look at the future of supply management…

Monday Morning Query: When Will Spend Analysis Start Working More Like Google?

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2010Articles, General, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

As we progress from the Future of P2P (more this week) to the Future of Strategic Sourcing technology we will inevitably spend time talking about Spend Analysis; ahead of that,…

The Future of Procure-to-Pay – eProcurement (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini October 1, 2010Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology2 Comments

September was another fantastic month for traffic growth at CPO Rising. Our best yet and we thank you. Increasing traffic, however, is not the primary goal of CPO Rising, (writing…

Shhhhhhhhh! – (Tricks) To Catch a Fraudster

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2010Articles, General, People, Process, Strategy9 Comments

In our recent procurement fraud series, we intentionally chose not to share a few of the tricks that are commonly used by auditors and fraud specialists to catch potential fraudsters.…