Technology Round-Up — April 9, 2025
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…
Part Two: Procurement BIG Trends & Predictions — AI-Driven Future Amidst Economic Uncertainty
Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Procurement 2025: BIG Trends and Predictions, that delivered a series of insightful predictions designed to help procurement teams in all industries and regions…
Procurement News — April 2, 2025
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…
Memory Lane – The CPO Rising Tournament 2012
The Ardent team is hard at work on our 20th annual CPO Rising - State of Procurement report (register for the April 29 webinar here?). But while analyst travel season…
Part One: Procurement BIG Trends & Predictions — Rise of AI in Procurement
Did you miss Ardent Partners' recent webinar, Procurement 2025: BIG Trends and Predictions, that delivered a series of insightful predictions designed to help procurement teams in all industries and regions…
NEW WEBINAR: Evolution of AI in Procurement: The Agentic Age
Join Ardent Partners and Fairmarkit on March 27th (2 PM ET) as they discuss Evolution of AI in Procurement: The Agentic Age. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved over the…
Magnus Mondays — Suites, Specialists, and IM&PPO
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…
CPO Rising Listicle: AI in Action — Procurement, 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…
Magnus Mondays — Do We Need a Sourcing Toolbox?
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…
Procurement News — February 28, 2025
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…