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Returning to Zycus Horizon, Building the Case for Agentic AI in Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini September 17, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Horizon 2025 North America User Conference - September 22-24 (Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, CA) After a few years away, I am excited to share with the CPO Rising community that I…

Guest Article: Procurement Can Steady Your Supply Chain

By John Yuva August 11, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…

Procurement in 2025 (Part Four): AI Strategies for Practical Implementation and Long-Term Success

By Andrew Bartolini July 9, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, State of Procurement 2025: Reinventing Procurement for the Autonomous Age? The event featured a dynamic conversation between Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research…

NEW WEBINAR: The State of S2P Digitization 2025

By John Yuva June 27, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Ivalua on July 10th (10 AM ET) as they discuss The State of S2P Digitization 2025. In 2025, as global trade tensions and economic uncertainty continue…

Procurement in 2025 (Part Three): Defining Best-in-Class Procurement in 2025

By Andrew Bartolini June 25, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Procurement in 2025 (Part Two): Obstacles Holding Back Business Execution

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Procurement in 2025 (Part One): A Storm of Volatility and the Rise of Strategic Resilience

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Coupa Inspire 2025: AAA Rating – Autonomous Trade, AI, and Acquisitions

By Andrew Bartolini May 14, 2025Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Through the years, Ardent Partners has attended every in-person Coupa Inspire, til now anyway (despite our plans, it was not in the cards for us this year). Nonetheless, Coupa Inspire…

Magnus Mondays — Suites, Specialists, and IM&PPO

By Magnus Bergfors March 10, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

About a year ago, I wrote a series of articles on the topic of suites vs. specialists (click here to read). In today’s article, I return to that topic and…

Magnus Mondays — Do We Need a Sourcing Toolbox?

By Magnus Bergfors March 3, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Recently, I’ve talked about the need to manage and source more spend— and source it more frequently. And last year, I wrote an article about innovations in sourcing and how…