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The Control Tower Bet: Ardent Partners on Intake-to-Pay and the Zycus Approach (Part Two)

The Control Tower Bet: Ardent Partners on Intake-to-Pay and the Zycus Approach (Part Two)

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini June 17, 2026Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology
In Part One of this series, I covered my February briefing and live demo with Bikash Mohanty, VP of Solution Consulting and Product Strategy at Zycus, on  Merlin Intake, Zycus’…
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Coupa Inspire 2026: Betting the Future on Data, Agents, and Outcomes

Coupa Inspire 2026: Betting the Future on Data, Agents, and Outcomes

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini June 15, 2026Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, Featured, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology
Ten Inspires in that you develop a feel for the difference between a company “performing” confidence and a company that actually has it. Recently, Inspire felt like a conference in…
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Zip AI Summit 2026: From Agents to Superagents

Zip AI Summit 2026: From Agents to Superagents

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2026Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology
On June 2, procurement, finance, and technology leaders gathered at the Ace Hotel in Brooklyn for Zip's AI Summit 2026. It was one of those classic early-summer New York days.…
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Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Intelligent Arbitrage: Learning from the AI Front-Runners”

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Intelligent Arbitrage: Learning from the AI Front-Runners”

Posted by By John Yuva June 5, 2026Posted inArticles, 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…
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Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Geopolitical Shocker — A Policy-Driven Market Correction”

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Geopolitical Shocker — A Policy-Driven Market Correction”

Posted by By John Yuva May 29, 2026Posted inArticles, 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…
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Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Year of Pilots and Mass Experimentation”

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Year of Pilots and Mass Experimentation”

Posted by By John Yuva May 22, 2026Posted inArticles, 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…
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Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The AI Siphon: Where the Procurement Budget Goes to Live”

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The AI Siphon: Where the Procurement Budget Goes to Live”

Posted by By John Yuva May 15, 2026Posted inArticles, 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…
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The Front Door Problem: A Deep Dive into Zycus Merlin Intake (Part One)

The Front Door Problem: A Deep Dive into Zycus Merlin Intake (Part One)

Posted by By Andrew Bartolini May 4, 2026Posted inArticles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology
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…
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