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Achieve Cost Leadership: How US Top Performers Use an Agentic Strategy to Slash SG&A Costs
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs for U.S. enterprises have surged to 14.3% of revenue – the highest in five…
Master Cost Leadership Now: Learn from Europe’s Gen AI Leaders
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) costs have skyrocketed to 11.5% of revenue, the highest since 2020, with just 18%…
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…
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…
Achieving Digital World Class® Procurement Excellence Through Gen AI
In today’s new world with Gen AI, procurement is evolving from a transactional function into a strategic partner, with leading…
Driving HR Performance with Gen AI
On this episode of the “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, Jessica Haley and David Gibbens discuss the findings from their annual…
Transform Procurement Performance With Intelligence and Gen AI
On this episode of the “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, Chris Sawchuk and Nic Walden discuss the concept of digital world-class…
Master Cost Leadership Now: Learn from Europe’s Gen AI Leaders
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) costs have skyrocketed to 11.5% of revenue, the highest since 2020, with just 18%…
Unlock €1.4 Trillion in Working Capital – What Europe’s Leading Firms Do Differently
The Hackett Group’s 2025 European Working Capital Survey reveals €1.4 trillion trapped across Europe’s top 1,000 companies. As cash conversion…
2025 Working Capital Survey: Seize $1.7 Trillion in Working Capital – See How Top Companies Do It
Discover how The Hackett Group’s 2025 U.S. Working Capital Survey uncovers a $1.7 trillion liquidity opportunity. Learn how top companies…
Optimize Costs in Turbulent Times: How Enabling Functions Are Reacting Now
Watch this on-demand webcast for the discussion on how to drive top performance across enabling functions in a volatile, uncertain,…
Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 6): What’s Next on the Agentic Frontier?
Procurement has continuously evolved in waves, with formalization, digitization and, more recently, autogmentation. The next wave has already arrived. Agentic…
Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 5): The Roadmap – From Pilot to Scale
Implementing agentic AI in procurement is not just a systems project. It is a shift in how the function operates.…
Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 4): What It Takes to Make It Work
This raises new questions about architecture, governance and change management that go beyond what most digital procurement initiatives have had to tackle…
Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 3): What Agentic AI Can Actually Do
For procurement leaders evaluating agentic AI, the most pressing question is no longer “What is it and does it drive…