Andrew Bartolini, Author at Payables Place

From the Archives: Compliance is Good

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2019Best Practices, Process

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to readers of our network of sites, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and events. To…

From the Archives: CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2019Best Practices, Process

The CFO: From CPA to CEO (in-Waiting)

By Andrew Bartolini July 19, 2019Process

From the earliest of entrepreneurs to the largest of today’s global corporations, significant time and resources have been invested in the development of financial management expertise and capabilities – an…

Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2019Event, Solutions, Technology

Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus‘s Analyst Day…

Technology Round-Up — July 8, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2019Solutions, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…

New Report from Ardent Partners, CPO Rising 2019, Available Now!

By Andrew Bartolini May 10, 2019Research

Publisher’s Note: I am very pleased to share with you Ardent Partners’ annual state of procurement research report, CPO Rising 2019. Those of you who have followed us over the years…

The Metrics that Matter in 2019

By Andrew Bartolini May 3, 2019Process, Research, Technology

I hope that even casual readers of our sites know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts payable/payments,…

Monday First Thing: Key Takeaways from Basware Connect

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2019Event, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware's North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – December 17, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2018News, Solutions, Technology

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and…

Reflections on the CPO Rising 2018 Summit (Part I): Third Time’s a Charm

By Andrew Bartolini November 28, 2018Event, Research

A few weeks ago, delegates, speakers, and supply management solutions providers descended upon the historic Harvard Club of Boston for Ardent Partners’ third-annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit. The Ardent team…