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From Risk to Readiness: The Executive Playbook for Scaling AI in Procurement
Only a small share of procurement teams are realizing the promise of AI, yet leaders like Micron and McCormick are…
2026 Procurement Key Issues
Procurement leaders are turning AI into a measurable impact in 2026. Discover how leading organizations are improving performance as AI…
What to Know About Gen AI in Procurement
Ready to future-proof your procurement strategy? Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is revolutionizing procurement, offering unmatched potential to increase productivity…
Procurement Skill Set for the Next Transformation
Two global trends – artificial intelligence (AI) and the rewiring of global supply chains – are transforming the procurement and…
Source-to-Pay Solutions
Source-to-pay (S2P) solutions are end-to-end solution suites that span spend/supply analysis, sourcing, contract management, supplier management and transactional procure-to-pay (P2P) to manage…
Sourcing Solutions
E-Sourcing emerged as a term in the 1990s as Freemarket and others developed technical solutions to enable organizations to negotiate…
Intake and Orchestration Solutions
Intake solutions aim to provide a user-friendly, fit-for-purpose data collection process to route, communicate and execute procurement requests by the…
Sourcing (for direct) Solutions
Direct material sourcing solutions are a subset of the broader sourcing category. They share similarities with generic sourcing solutions, specifically the ability…
Procure-to-Pay Solutions
Procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions are advanced software systems designed to streamline and automate the entire procurement process. They make operations more…
Solution Intelligence Programs
Too many providers. Too many claims. Too little evidence. Solution Intelligence gives enterprise leaders independent, data-backed insight into which solutions…
Applied Intelligence Programs for Executives
AI is accelerating decisions and increasing the cost of getting them wrong. Applied Intelligence helps leadership teams cut through complexity,…
Vision 2030 for Enabling Functions: Unlocking Value from Transformation and AI Programs
Are your organizations unlocking value from transformation and AI programs? Watch this replay to discover the latest trends, insights and…
Supplier Management as a Continuous Signal
Supplier management exposes the same design trade-off as earlier execution layers: platforms still treat suppliers as static records even when…
Payment Execution and Cash Discipline – From Paying Correctly to Paying
Payment execution is often treated as the mechanical conclusion of procure-to-pay (P2P). Once an invoice is approved and posted, payment…
Invoice Processing Maturity – From Automation Rates to Exception Economics
Organizations track touchless processing rates, straight-through processing percentages, cycle times and cost per invoice to gauge progress. These metrics are…
AI Agents and a Real-Life Business Use Case
Procurement has often been considered ahead of the curve in testing and implementing digital solutions to streamline operations, enforce compliance…