
Procurement leaders gathered at DPW/Amsterdam recently to discuss the latest in digital procurement innovation and transformation. Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, moderated the session “Fast-Track…
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Procurement leaders gathered at DPW/Amsterdam recently to discuss the latest in digital procurement innovation and transformation. Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, moderated the session “Fast-Track…

We are launching a new article series based on Ardent Partners’ recent webinar, Procurement 2026: BIG Trends and Predictions. The original session delivered forward-looking insights designed to help procurement leaders…

Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…

Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…

The recent announcement of “next-gen SAP Ariba,” a complete architectural rebuild of SAP Ariba’s market-leading Source-to-Pay (“S2P”) suite is a major industry event. With availability set for February 2026, this…

Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…
EMERGENCY ALERT 🚨: The ‘Executive End-Run’ on Tariffs In today’s emergency post which is an echo of my newsletter on LinkedIn, I highlight the tariff prediction I made in our…

CPO Rising’s ProcureTech Pulse series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend…

The recent announcement of “next-gen SAP Ariba,” a complete architectural rebuild of SAP Ariba’s market-leading Source-to-Pay (“S2P”) suite is a major industry event. With availability set for February 2026, this…

Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, has been tracking how procurement evolves for 20 years and publishing an annual report for the past decade to help…

We recently published our annual Procurement 2026: BIG Trends and Predictions report. It’s a report I’ve been writing for about a decade that distills months of market data, conversations with…

Join Ardent Partners and Zycus on February 26th (2 PM ET) as they discuss From Systems of Engagement to Systems of Action: The Agentic CPO. Procurement leaders have spent the…
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