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Risk to Readiness Gen AI in Procurement

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 covering cost optimization, digital sourcing, and resilience

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

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

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…


AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 3): Where AI Additions Stop Changing Outcomes in P2P

AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 3): Where AI Additions Stop Changing Outcomes in P2P

3 Min Read

After the initial gains delivered by AI – read What AI has genuinely improved so far in P2P platforms – many procure-to-pay (P2P) platforms…

2026 procurement key issues covering cost optimization, digital sourcing, and resilience

2026 Procurement Key Issues

Procurement leaders are turning AI into a measurable impact in 2026. Discover how leading organizations are improving performance as AI…

Why “Whose Agents Are Better?” Is Not the Right Question to Ask

Why “Whose Agents Are Better?” Is Not the Right Question to Ask

3 Min Read

Given the evolving solution provider landscape and the growing number of methods for integrating AI across platforms, organizations interested in…

AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 2): What AI Has Genuinely Improved So Far in P2P Platforms

AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 2): What AI Has Genuinely Improved So Far in P2P Platforms

3 Min Read

Despite the structural limits outlined in our first article actually changing in the era of AI, artificial intelligence has delivered real and defensible…

AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 1): How P2P Platforms Are Actually Changing in the Era of AI

AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 1): How P2P Platforms Are Actually Changing in the Era of AI

3 Min Read

Procure-to-pay (P2P) platforms are widely seen as being transformed by artificial intelligence. In practice, the change is uneven and bounded…

Category Management’s Role in an Ultra VUCA World

Category Management’s Role in an Ultra VUCA World

5 Min Read

Our recent research into Category Management (CatMan) has looked at the strategies CatMan practitioners need to employ and the ways technology can…

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From Sievo

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From Sievo

6 Min Read

Rounding out our series of interviews with category management (CatMan)-related solution providers about how their solution supports the end-to-end CatMan…

Integrating and Executing Category Management: An Interview With Coupa

Integrating and Executing Category Management: An Interview With Coupa

5 Min Read

Our ongoing series about category management (CatMan) has devoted a lot of time looking at what the use cases for…

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From ChAI

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From ChAI

6 Min Read

Our recent series on the discipline of category management (CatMan) explored how businesses implement category management, its role in procurement…

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From Beroe

Category Management: Key Insights for 2026 From Beroe

4 Min Read

We recently launched a research campaign on the discipline of category management (CatMan), exploring how businesses implement it, its role…

Accounts Payable Perspective Summary Report showing accounts payable performance perspective

Digital World Class® Matrix: 2025 Accounts Payable Provider Perspective – Summary Report

The Hackett Group’s 2025 Accounts Payable Digital World Class® Matrix reveals the AP platforms delivering measurable impact in automation, cycle…

Accounts Payable Perspective Full Report

Digital World Class® Matrix: 2025 Accounts Payable Provider Perspective – Full Report

Gain the full intelligence available in the 2025 Digital World Class® Matrix: Accounts Payable Provider Perspective – available for purchase.…

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