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Peak Procurement: Zycus Charts a Path Toward Autonomous Outcomes

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last month, Zycus held its annual user conference, Horizon 2026 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, bringing together hundreds of customers, partners, and sponsors for the two day event. Finely curated (as…

Inside the Chip Supply Shift

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[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…

Meet the New Tariffs, Same as the Old Tariffs: Why 2026 Requires ‘Trade Engineering’

By Andrew Bartolini February 26, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Complexity, Risk, and Reinvention: How Procurement Is Being Redefined for 2026

By John Yuva January 28, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Did you miss the recent webinar "2025 Wrapped: Procurement’s Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and Shifts," featuring Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, and Chahat Sharma, head of customer…

From AI Pilots to AI-Native Procurement: Why 2025 Marked the Breakthrough Year

By John Yuva January 19, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Best of 2025: Zycus Goes All-in on Agentic AI at Horizon 2025

By Andrew Bartolini January 14, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2025 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2026. I attended Zycus’…

AI in Procurement: Moving from Rules to Reasoning

By John Yuva December 17, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Did you miss the recent webinar "Agents of Change: How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the Source-to-Pay Playbook," featuring Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, and Paul…

The Path Forward: Building Procurement’s Foundation for an AI-Driven Future

By John Yuva November 19, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Did you miss the recent webinar "The State of S2P Digitization 2025," featuring Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, and Vishal Patel, SVP, product and customer…