horses for courses ..
(a) standing start is useful for reference as it is the most easily repeatable set of data .. but it shakes the stuffing out of the aircraft so should be used only when it is sensibly appropriate.
(b) if the aircraft is heavy and we don't dilly dally with the levers, the power is set in a few turns of the wheels - near enough to standing start
(c) if the aircraft is light (and low Hp/OAT), the aircraft will be some distance down the roll prior to achieving takeoff settings. If the runway is short/limiting, this is probably not a sensible strategy, if long and definitely not limiting, it is more useful for the aircraft maintenance than a standing start (I acknowledge BelArg's concerns but they are related more to the limiting runway situation, with which I concur)
(d) roll on from a highspeed exit or displaced threshold - refer OS' words.
(e) autothrottle .. on the Boeing many of us used to override the autothrottle, pushing the levers up manually and then let the auththrottle fine tune the setting. Seemed to work real fine.