Andrew Bartolini | Procurement Analyst & CPO Research Specialist

What’s in the Secret Sauce? How BirchStreet Serves P2P to the Hospitality Industry

By Andrew Bartolini September 11, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

We recently spoke with friend of the site and current SVP of Marketing and Product Strategy for Birchstreet, Sundar K., for a briefing that covered the history and progression of…

Building the SMB Case for Expense Management Automation

By Andrew Bartolini September 10, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

For SMB leaders, time, money, and organizational focus must be balanced to ensure that the short-term needs of the business are addressed and that the long-term goals of the business…

Set Your Course for Procurement Transformation

By Andrew Bartolini September 6, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The fact of the matter is that most procurement organizations struggle to do things very well or even consistently well. Certainly there are groups (often referred to by Ardent Partners…

Turn the Big Data “Crisis” into Big Data Opportunities — Join us at CPO Rising 2018!

By Andrew Bartolini September 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Big Data for Procurement -- Crisis, or Opportunity? With the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, connected devices (i.e., the “Internet of Things”), and Big Data…

Happy Labor Day!

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2018Articles, Events, General, People

The first Monday of September in the United States (and Canada) is a federal holiday called Labor Day. According to the US Department of Labor, “Labor Day is a creation of the labor…

Ardent Partners’ Autumn Events Round-Up

By Andrew Bartolini August 30, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

As summer turns to fall, like so many leaves will do here in New England, we at Ardent Partners wanted to take a moment to round up and highlight some of…

Be a Part of the “Age of Intelligence” for Procurement – Join Us At The CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini August 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology

The Dawn of a New Age for Procurement As a procurement leader, you know better than most that businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data…

CPO News – August 28, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini August 28, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategic Sourcing

Welcome to the summer edition of CPO News! We'd be remiss if we didn't end the summer sharing some of the higher-profile appointments, promotions, and scandals that occurred in the…

Six CPO Strategies for Navigating Through and Managing Change

By Andrew Bartolini August 23, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

The interesting angle to navigating change is how exactly Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams react to it; in an age when “agility” has become a desired status for…

In Case You Missed It: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2017 Summit!

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

As we gear up to take the field for CPO Rising 2018 in less than three months, we can't help but reflect on what a success (and great fun) CPO…