Procurement News — April 23, 2025
04-23-2025Welcome 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…
NEW WEBINAR: CPO Rising 2025: Navigating Global Uncertainty & Unlocking an AI-Driven Future
04-18-2025Join Ardent Partners and Esker on April 29th (2 PM ET) as they discuss CPO Rising 2025: Navigating Global Uncertainty & Unlocking an AI-Driven Future. Over the past two decades,…
Ardent Partners Announces The 2025 Supplier Management Technology Advisor
04-16-2025Today I’m happy to announce the official launch of our Supplier Management Tech Advisor report for 2025! Ardent Partners evaluated the market’s top Supplier Management solution providers’ Solution Strength (the…
CPO Rising Listicle: Cost of Capital Makes Procurement Valuable to the CFO in 5 Ways
04-11-2025Fridays (in 2025) means that it’s time for another CPO Rising Listicle. Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help…
Technology Round-Up — April 9, 2025
04-09-2025CPO 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…
Magnus Mondays — Zip Forward Europe 2025: Risk Orchestration in the Limelight
04-07-2025Last week, I had the pleasure of attending Zip’s inaugural European version of its user conference, Zip Forward. Held in London, the one-day event hosted more than 200 attendees from…
Part Two: Procurement BIG Trends & Predictions — AI-Driven Future Amidst Economic Uncertainty
04-04-2025Did 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
04-02-2025Welcome 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
03-31-2025The 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
03-28-2025Did 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…