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

CPO Roundtable Series: Linking Procurement Operations with Enterprise Goals in 2015

By Andrew Bartolini April 28, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy

Over the past several months, Ardent Partners and IBM have worked to bring together several best-in-class chief procurement officers around specific themes with the express aim of garnering the best…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda – “Nine out of 10 CPOs Agree…”

By Andrew Bartolini April 23, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

Ardent Partners recently published my annual CPO-themed report - CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (click to download, registration required) - that is drawn from the responses of more than 300…

Key Strategies for AP Automation Initiatives (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini April 21, 2015Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Accounts payable (AP) has for a number of years been one of the last bastions of manual processes in the enterprise. Many AP teams still process paper-based invoices through a…

CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Report) is Now Available

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

I am very pleased to announce that my annual CPO Rising report is now available for download by clicking here (registration required). I began publishing an annual CPO-focused report in 2006…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part II

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement outsourcing project that has gone terribly wrong. [Readers can review…

Ariba LIVE 2015: AIG’s Technology Journey

By Andrew Bartolini April 15, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Last week our team attended Ariba LIVE, which is arguably, along with the ISM conference in May, one of the two largest and most significant events in our industry. Over…

Spend Analysis & Sourcing: Connecting the Sourcing Dots for Greater Value

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

I recently exchanged notes with a colleague who commented that recently, CPO Rising seems to have been very focused on operational procurement and complex spend management over the past month…

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I

By Andrew Bartolini April 10, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Process, Strategy

CPO Serial: Four Lessons Learned, Our CPO Reflects Part I Over the past four months, Ardent Partners has presented one Chief Procurement Officer’s insightful and fascinating foray into a procurement…

AP’s Top Trends in 2015: The Increasing Automation of Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s note: On April 16, Ardent Partners will host a complimentary webinar (sponsored by Concur) focused on the top trends in accounts payable for the year ahead (register at this link).…

Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015 (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2015Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Trendspotting...... Join Ardent's lead analysts as they highlight the key trends impacting AP in 201 and beyond on April 16th at 2PM ET - Click here for details and to…