Ardent Partners’ Monthly Webinar Series
The New Speed of Procurement: AI, Agility, and Orchestration
Thursday, October 29th @ 1:00 – 1:45 PM ET
For CPOs, the goal is to build a procurement organization that can respond faster to new priorities, new risks, and new opportunities without sacrificing control. In 2026, leading teams are developing the organizational and technological capacity to adapt quickly, scale what works, and convert new ideas into measurable outcomes. If that is your goal, join us for this interactive webinar discussion.
On October 29, Ardent Partners, ORO Labs, and a special guest CPO will examine the emerging procurement speed advantage: the ability to move from an idea, requirement, or business need to execution and results faster than traditional operating models allow. The panel will also explore the role of orchestration in connecting people, processes, systems, and AI while maintaining the governance and control that enterprise procurement requires.
Drawing on Ardent Partners’ latest State of Procurement AI research, the discussion will explore where CPOs stand today, where technology investment is producing results, and why agility is becoming increasingly important as business conditions and technology capabilities continue to change.
Attendees will learn:
- Where technology investments are generating measurable results.
- Why speed and adaptability are becoming more important procurement capabilities.
- How orchestration can connect workflows, systems, data, and AI with appropriate governance.
- What faster-moving procurement teams are doing differently to accelerate execution and impact.
All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Ardent Partners’ AI Rising: The State of Procurement AI 2026 report.
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The Future of Source-to-Pay: How AI Is Reshaping Roles, Skills, and Collaboration
Thursday, November 19th @ 11:00 – 11:45 AM ET
Artificial intelligence is beginning to change more than how Source-to-Pay work gets done. As AI takes on more transactional and analytical work, it is also creating an opportunity to rethink the roles within procurement and AP, the skills their teams need, and how these functions work together.
For AP, greater automation can create capacity to move beyond traditional invoice processing and exception management and contribute more broadly to compliance, supplier management, fraud prevention, and cash management.
For procurement, greater automation can create capacity to move beyond traditional sourcing and transactional activities and expand its role in areas such as supplier strategy, risk management, spend optimization, and broader business decision-making.
These changes are also beginning to break down long-standing functional silos. Procurement, AP, finance, and treasury manage different parts of the same supplier and financial lifecycle, yet their processes, data, objectives, and systems have often remained disconnected. AI has the potential to create stronger connections across these teams while changing the skills, responsibilities, and business acumen required of the people who manage Source-to-Pay.
Join Ardent Partners and SAP Ariba for a forward-looking discussion on the future of Source-to-Pay and what procurement and AP leaders should be considering today as they prepare their organizations, teams, and operating models for an increasingly AI-enabled future.
Four key takeaways for all attendees:
- How leaders can capture the AI productivity dividend, using new capacity to expand the roles of AP and procurement and deliver value beyond traditional transactional work.
- The skills, expertise, and business acumen Source-to-Pay teams will need as AI takes on more transactional and analytical work.
- How AI can strengthen collaboration across procurement, AP, finance, and treasury by connecting data, decisions, and workflows across the supplier lifecycle.
- How leaders can balance greater automation and autonomy with the human expertise, institutional knowledge, governance, and resilience needed to maintain control.
Join us on November 19th for this important and impactful event!
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PARTNER WEBCASTS
The State of AP 2026: AI Benchmarks, Maturity, and Leading Strategies
— October 14th @ 11:00 AM ET
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