Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

Best in Class Organizations Are Leveraging B2B ePayments

By Andrew Bartolini November 11, 2020Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay

For over a decade, Ardent Partners has leveraged a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (versus all others) by analyzing a specific set of benchmark criteria. Over…

CPO Panel – 20/20 Vision for the Future (Nov 17th)

By Andrew Bartolini November 6, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

Procurement's Impact in 2020 Today, most CPOs and other procurement executives are well aware of the impact that their teams can make and the longer-term context of that impact. Ardent…

Announcing The CPO Honors 2020 Finalists

By Andrew Bartolini November 5, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Solution Providers, Technology

With more than 250 nominations submitted and evaluated, I am very pleased to announce the finalists for The CPO Honors 2020 Awards, to be held on November 17th at 11…

B2B Payments are Becoming Increasingly Strategic

By Andrew Bartolini November 4, 2020Articles, General

In a world where the speed of business increases moment-by- moment, and new competitors lurk around the next financial statement, it is imperative that enterprises of all sizes take a…

Why More CPOs Should Focus on Tax Automation

By Andrew Bartolini October 30, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

As the global recession extends into the second half of 2020 and economic uncertainty continues to pervade the market, it is more important than ever for enterprises to optimize the…

From CPO to CEO: Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses His Career Path

By Andrew Bartolini October 29, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People1 Comment

In the past, I have written several articles focused one CPO’s "rise" – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s…

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Zycus

By Andrew Bartolini October 23, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series…

Announcing The CPO Rising 2020 Digital Summit

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We are pleased to announce that Ardent Partners will host the CPO Rising Digital Summit on November 17th and 18th. This streamlined event will feature several leading Chief Procurement Officers, other global…

Best in Class AP Performance: The Value of Straight-Through Processing

By Andrew Bartolini October 21, 2020Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay

For over a decade, Ardent Partners has conducted an in-depth market research study of the accounts payable (“AP”) market that leverages a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (which…

Strategies to Navigate the Technology Landscape

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy, Technology

Lack of automation across core process areas leaves procurement organizations susceptible to the failures of the past and constrains each group’s ability to gain and maintain credibility and optimize operations…