NEW WEBINAR: The Path to AI-First Procurement
Join Ardent Partners and Ivalua on July 16th (11 AM ET) as they discuss The Path to AI-First Procurement. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming procurement, but technology alone is not…
Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Strategic Zenith: The CPO Continues to Rise”
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…
NEW WEBINAR: Procurement at the Speed of AI (The Mid-Market Shift from Agents to Autonomous Flow)
AI is reshaping procurement, but technology alone isn't enough. Join Ardent Partners and Zycus as Andrew Bartolini shares new research into how mid-market organizations are accelerating business value through AI, connected workflows, and modern Source-to-Pay operations.
The Performance Advantage of Integrated Supplier Management
One of the most compelling themes explored during Ardent Partners' recent webinar "Supplier Management: The Integrated Advantage," featuring Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer for Ardent Partners; Ken Miklos, Senior Director…
Happy Fourth of July!
From all of us here at Ardent Partners to our community, we wish you and yours a happy and safe July 4th holiday. We’ll pick it back up on Monday,…
NEW WEBINAR: Scaling AP Without Scaling Complexity
Join Ardent Partners, Ramp, and FirstCash on July 15th (2 PM ET) as they discuss Scaling AP Without Scaling Complexity. As organizations grow, AP and P2P become more difficult to…
Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “All that Glitters Is Not Gold: The AI Market Bubble”
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…
Procurement News — June 24, 2026
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…
Inside the Chip Supply Shift
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post based on a conversation between Ardent's Andrew Bartolini and Graham Scott, Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Jabil. Scott leads a…
The Control Tower Bet: Ardent Partners on Intake-to-Pay and the Zycus Approach (Part Two)
In Part One of this series, I covered my February briefing and live demo with Bikash Mohanty, VP of Solution Consulting and Product Strategy at Zycus, on Merlin Intake, Zycus’…