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June 17, 2025

Ardent Partners 2025 Spend Under Management Report

Spend Under Management: The New Benchmark for Procurement Success

In todayโ€™s complex and volatile global economy, procurement has become a critical lever for driving business value, mitigating risk, and unlocking operational efficiency. According to the Ardent Partners 2025 Spend Under Management Report, while traditional metrics like cost savings and cycle time remain essential, a new gold standard is emerging to define procurement maturity: Spend [โ€ฆ]

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Top Procurement Tools from the Ardent 2025 Report

The Procurement Technology Stack: What Tools Are Winning in 2025?

In 2025, procurement is no longer confined to spreadsheets, fragmented systems, and manual workflows. Instead, it operates as a digitally empowered, AI-enhanced engine that drives enterprise value across savings, risk management, compliance, and supplier collaboration. The Top Procurement Tools from the Ardent 2025 Report highlight how leading organizations are leveraging next-gen technologies to transform procurement

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AI agents for category management

Visibility is Not Strategy: Why Category Management Needs Agents, Not Dashboards

The False Comfort of Control: Dashboards Arenโ€™t Strategy For over a decade, category management has been buried in dashboards, spreadsheets, and fragmented toolsโ€”giving procurement teams the illusion of control. But in todayโ€™s evolving landscape, AI agents for category management procurement are emerging as the solution to move beyond passive observation. Sure, you can slice spend

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CHICAGO - Procurement AI World Tour

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in the 2026 Gartnerยฎ Magic Quadrantโ„ข for Source-To-Pay Suites

GMQ Quadrant

Before You Go: Can You Afford NOT to Know Your AI Score?

The speed of Agentic AI adoption is creating two groups: those ready to outperform and those about to be left behind. Download the Index now to secure your 2026 strategy.

Procurement AI Adoption Index 2025 - 26: From Pilots to Procurement Autonomy
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