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

Throwback Thursday: CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Throwback Thursday: The Adoption Series — “Bridging” the Gap

By Andrew Bartolini March 14, 2019Articles, General, Strategy, Technology

Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…

Throwback Thursday: Suppliers — Pay Them Now or Pay Them Later?

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

Monday First Thing: Are You a Specialist or a Generalist?

By Andrew Bartolini February 25, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy

“People always ask if I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little kid. But, you have to remember when I was a farm boy growing up in…

Ardent Analysis: Corcentric to Acquire Determine, Offer Full Source-to-Settle Solution Suite

By Andrew Bartolini February 22, 2019Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Corcentric, Inc, the New Jersey-based provider of financial process automation and procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), the…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (2)

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

Monday First Thing: Celebrating 25 Years of eAuctions and the Digital Procurement Journey

By Andrew Bartolini February 18, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today we welcome our first "Monday First Thing" guest "contributor to the fold. And we couldn't be more pleased than to start with Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime "friend of the…