Ivalua NOW Dispatch #1: The Journey of AI Adoption in Procurement
The Ardent Partners analyst team attended the 2024 Ivalua NOW: Procurement Re-Imaged conference on May 22nd and 23rd in Miami. This event came on the heels of the company's slightly…
Technology Round-Up — June 19, 2024
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up 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 management…
NEW WEBINAR: The State of Source-to-Pay Digitization 2024
Source-to-Pay (S2P) technology has become an essential part of the modern enterprise IT stack, empowering organizations in all aspects of their operations. Just as customers, employees, and financials have their…
Procurement 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 2): AI Reality, AI Governance, and IM&PPO in 2024
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Procurement-themed report, “Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions.” Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the…
NEW WEBINAR: The Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2024
Join Ardent Partners and GEP on June 13th (1 PM ET) for a webcast on The Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2024, as they present the findings from the new research eBook…
Magnus Mondays — Three Areas Where AI Can Help You Today
While generative AI is emerging and use cases are evolving, artificial intelligence in the form of natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and deep learning has been in use for…
Magnus Mondays — What About That Spend Visibility?
Last week OpenAI released its new flagship model GPT-4o (o is for omni, as in working across audio, visuals, and text at the same time). GenAI news and hype is…
Magnus Mondays — Coupa Inspire 2024: From BSM to Margin Multipliers
Last week the Ardent Partners analyst team attended Coupa Inspire at the fashionable Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. According to Coupa, this was the largest Inspire so far…
CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 3
It's Friday, which means we're sharing another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams…
CPO Rising Listicle: Procurement AI in Action, Part 2
It's Friday, which means we're sharing another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams…