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The State of AI in Procurement — Early Momentum, Real Expectations, and the Road to ROI

By John Yuva December 1, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Did you miss the recent webinar "From Pilot to Payoff: 5 Strategies to Turn AI into ROI," featuring Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, and Rinus…

CPO Rising 2025 Series: AI Support Within eSourcing Technology

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva November 21, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

Over the last several weeks, Ardent Partners has gone back in time with its "State of Procurement (A Retrospective)" series, featuring executive insights from its previous State of Procurement reports…

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…

The State of Source-to-Pay Transformation in 2025: Navigating Uncertainty Through Technology and AI

By John Yuva November 12, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising 2025 Series: A Wave of Uncertainty and AI’s Emergence in Procurement

By John Yuva November 7, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising 2025 Series: Two Decades of Procurement Transformation

By Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva October 31, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Strategy, Technology

Part Five (Bonus): Agentic AI — The Evolution of AI in Business: The Road Ahead

By John Yuva May 30, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Evolution of AI in Procurement: The Agentic Age, that shed light on how artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way — from basic…

Part Four: Agentic AI — How AI, Agentic Networks, and Human Collaboration Are Shaping the Future

By John Yuva May 23, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Evolution of AI in Procurement: The Agentic Age, that shed light on how artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way — from basic…

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, Technology1 Comment

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…

CPO Rising 2025: Navigating Global Uncertainty & Unlocking an AI-Driven Future

By Andrew Bartolini May 12, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Technology2 Comments

It has been my great honor to work with and research Chief Procurement Officers for so many years. Later this week, Ardent Partners will be publishing the 20th annual CPO…