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Inside Ivalua NOW 2026: Procurement Enters the Agentic AI Era

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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…

The Future of Spend Management: Connecting Procurement and AP Through End-to-End Orchestration

By John Yuva April 20, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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,…

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “Procurement Platforms Become Systems of Business Insight”

By John Yuva April 17, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

NEW WEBINAR: AI Rising 2026: The State of Procurement AI

By John Yuva April 15, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

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…

Procurement Predictions 2026 (Part Three): Talent, Technology, and the Road to Procurement’s Harvest Year

By John Yuva April 13, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Genesis of Autonomy: Procurement’s Year Zero”

By John Yuva April 10, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Procurement Predictions 2026 (Part Two): Spend Visibility to Decision Augmentation

By John Yuva April 6, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Low-Grade Fever: Persistent Inflation”

By John Yuva April 3, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

Procurement News — April 1, 2026

By John Yuva April 1, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People

Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with…

Procurement Predictions 2026 (Part One): Why Procurement Must Think End-to-End

By John Yuva March 30, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Strategy, Technology