Andrew Bartolini, Author at CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

The Gold Standard

By Andrew Bartolini February 19, 2010Articles, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful CPOs and procurement organizations that have…

P2P Tastes Great at MillerCoors

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2010Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Bill Dempsey, Director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing at MillerCoors ("MC") kicked off the 18th Annual NAPP Conference in Marina Del Rey this past Monday with a Keynote Address entitled…

Accounts Payable Automation: Choose or Lose

By Andrew Bartolini February 15, 2010Articles, Events, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology2 Comments

Are you striving for accounts payable gold or just looking to compete? If your answer is "yes" to either option then you may be interested in a webinar (free registration)…

Swifter, Higher, Stronger

By Andrew Bartolini February 12, 2010Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

The 2010 Winter Olympics begin tonight with more than 2,600 athletes from 83 countries traveling to Vancouver to compete in 86 events over the next 17 days. Many Olympians will…

Business Travel Fusion

By Andrew Bartolini February 10, 2010Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

According to Wikipedia, nuclear fusion “is the process by which multiple like-charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus.” At its aptly named user conference (Concur Fusion) held…

Concur Fusion 2010

By Andrew Bartolini February 8, 2010Articles, Events, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Concur Fusion was held last week (Feb. 1-4) at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Concur Technologies is the largest provider of what it refers to as “Employee Spend Management”…

SciQuest NextLevel 2010

By Andrew Bartolini February 5, 2010Articles, Events, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Dateline: A snow-bound Raleigh, North Carolina for NextLevel, SciQuest’s Annual Conference held Feb. 1-3. SciQuest is a SaaS solution provider best known for its P2P prowess and a supplier network…

10 for 2010: Strategies to Improve Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2010Articles, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

I have a good feeling about Accounts Payable (AP) in this decade. In recent years, there has been increasing momentum within the marketplace for AP transformation. Not the kind of…

10 for 2010: ROA – Areas to Improve Your Returns

By Andrew Bartolini February 1, 2010Articles, General, Lists, People, Process, TechnologyNo Comments

If the US government could collect a dollar for every article, report, or presentation with a “Doing More with Less” theme created in recent times, its deficit issues might be…

10 for 2010: eSourcing Myths (and How to Deconstruct Them)

By Andrew Bartolini January 29, 2010Articles, General, Lists, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology8 Comments

eSourcing Manifesto eSourcing 2.0: Every negotiation that results in an executed contract should use an eSourcing solution. The eSourcing manifesto code that I introduced in 2009 via research[i] and other…