August 21, 2026
Procurement is entering a decisive shift. From my perspective, enthusiasm for artificial intelligence is no longer the question. The more important challenge is whether procurement organizations are operationally prepared to…
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May 4, 2026
Every procurement transformation has a blind spot, and for most enterprises, it sits right at the beginning of the process. Not at sourcing. Not at contracts. Not even at purchase…
May 1, 2026
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…
April 29, 2026
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…
April 27, 2026
Last week, we explored how the relationship between procurement and accounts payable (AP) is undergoing a profound transformation. What was once viewed as a transactional, back-office function is rapidly becoming…
April 24, 2026
(This is Part 2 of our series on the 2026 Ivalua NOW conference in Paris. You can read Part 1: Procurement Enters the Agentic AI Era [here].) As we discussed…
April 22, 2026
The Carrousel du Louvre, a place synonymous with timeless masterpieces, served as the backdrop last month for a different kind of evolution: the rapid transformation of the procurement function. At…
April 20, 2026
The evolution of procurement and accounts payable (AP) has entered a critical new phase. For years, organizations regarded procurement and AP as separate operational domains, each with its own systems,…
April 17, 2026
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…
April 15, 2026
Join Ardent Partners and Zycus on April 30th (2 PM ET) as they discuss AI Rising 2026: The State of Procurement AI. Over the past two decades, procurement has transformed…
April 13, 2026
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…
