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ARDENT PARTNERS’ WEBINAR SERIES
EVOLUTION OF AI IN PROCUREMENT: THE AGENTIC AGE
Thursday, March 27th @ 2:00 PM ET
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved over the past several decades, moving from simple rule-based systems to complex, self-learning models capable of reasoning, problem-solving, and creative thinking. Many are familiar with Generative AI, and while GenAI is transformative, it operates in a static, response-driven manner. It does not autonomously pursue goals, take independent action, or adjust its strategies dynamically. This is where Agentic AI enters the chat.
Agentic AI focuses on achieving goals and taking actions in the real world. Its output is not just content, but actions taken to achieve a specific objective. Agentic AI exhibits a higher degree of autonomy and independence in decision-making and action-taking. This means that Agentic AI goes beyond content generation — it acts autonomously to achieve objectives, adapting and iterating its approach in response to changing conditions. This is the Future of AI in procurement.
On March 27 at 2 pm ET, join Ardent Partners analysts Andrew Bartolini & Magnus Bergfors plus Fairmarkit’s CEO, Kevin Frechette, as they discuss AI in the Agentic Age.
Register to learn how:
• Agentic AI can proactively make decisions, plan tasks, and execute workflows without continuous human intervention.
• Agentic AI can break down tasks, prioritize them, and execute multi-step workflows.
• Agentic AI can impact automated negotiation, personalized supplier communications, continuous improvement, predictive analytics, proactive risk management, and dynamic sourcing execution.
Get to the head of the AI class by attending this webinar!
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CPO Rising 2025: The State of Procurement
Tuesday, April 29th @ 2:00 PM ET
This webinar presents the 20th-annual State of Procurement report from Ardent Partners. The webcast will examine the general competencies and capabilities of procurement organizations today and highlight the management strategies and tactics that leading CPOs have utilized to drive their organizations forward over the past few years as well as their stated plans and priorities for 2025 and beyond.
This exclusive event also presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view of what is happening in the world of procurement and captures the experience, performance, perspective, and intentions of nearly 400 CPOs and other procurement executives.
Participants will acquire up-to-date benchmark statistics, comprehensive analyses, and strategic recommendations that procurement teams can leverage to gain a deeper understanding of current procurement practices. This includes insights into best practices, performance benchmarking against top-tier organizations, and strategies to enhance their operational efficiency and effectiveness.
This is the must-attend webcast of the year for procurement, sourcing, and finance professionals!
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PROCUREMENT METRICS THAT MATTER IN 2025
Thursday, June 12th @ 2:00 PM ET
Procurement results matter, and in 2025, they will matter more to the enterprise measuring metrics to help track results. Businesses focus on measuring their revenues and profits because they matter. These numbers are critical to employees, shareholders, customers, and suppliers alike, and represent the final “score” of a game played last quarter or last year.
Join us on June 29th as Ardent Partners presents its world-premiere findings from its latest research effort, which is part of the ongoing dialogue that Ardent Partners has had with CPOs and other procurement leaders. While addressing the general competencies and capabilities of procurement organizations today and top strategies and tactics that leading CPOs are using to combat deep-set uncertainty, it also introduces the procurement industry’s “metrics that matter,” including the latest Best-in-Class metrics.
During this exclusive webinar, Ardent Partners analysts Andrew Bartolini & Magnus Bergfors plus Paul Blake, a GEP executive and procurement expert with decades of experience, will discuss the procurement metrics that matter in 2025.