Technology Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “The Strategic Zenith: The CPO Continues to Rise”

By John Yuva July 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…

NEW WEBINAR: Procurement at the Speed of AI (The Mid-Market Shift from Agents to Autonomous Flow)

By John Yuva July 8, 2026Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

AI is reshaping procurement, but technology alone isn't enough. Join Ardent Partners and Zycus as Andrew Bartolini shares new research into how mid-market organizations are accelerating business value through AI, connected workflows, and modern Source-to-Pay operations.

Winning 2026: The CPO 45-Second Briefing – “All that Glitters Is Not Gold: The AI Market Bubble”

By John Yuva June 26, 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…

Inside the Chip Supply Shift

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post based on a conversation between Ardent's Andrew Bartolini and Graham Scott, Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Jabil. Scott leads a…

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

By Andrew Bartolini June 17, 2026Articles, 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’…

Zip AI Summit 2026: From Agents to Superagents

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2026Articles, 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.…

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

By John Yuva June 5, 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…

ProcureTech Pulse — June 3, 2026

By John Yuva June 3, 2026Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

CPO Rising's ProcureTech Pulse 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…

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

By John Yuva May 29, 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…

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

By John Yuva May 22, 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…