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€1.26 Trillion in Excess Working Capital: Where Can CFOs Release Cash?

€1.26 Trillion in Excess Working Capital: Where Can CFOs Release Cash?

Profits and cash balances are falling, yet €1.26 trillion remains tied up in excess working capital across Europe’s largest companies.…

Beyond Savings: Can Your Organization Prove Procurement’s Full Business Value?

Beyond Savings: Can Your Organization Prove Procurement’s Full Business Value?

Traditional savings opportunities are becoming harder to find, yet procurement continues to create value across working capital, supply continuity, risk…

AI World Class Supply Chain

AI Is Setting a New Standard for Supply Chain Performance

Demand volatility, tariff exposure and margin pressure are forcing supply chains to deliver more without proportional increases in resources. AI…

2026 Working Capital Survey

A Record $1.94 Trillion Working Capital Opportunity Demands a New Playbook

Despite stronger revenue and profitability, the working capital performance gap among North America’s largest companies rose 12% to a record…


2026 human resources key issues including workforce transformation, talent strategy, and AI adoption

2026 HR Key Issues

HR leaders are turning AI into workforce performance in 2026. See how leading organizations are redesigning the HR operating model…

2026 global business services key issues focused on operating model and value creation

2026 GBS Key Issues

GBS leaders are moving past AI experimentation and delivering real performance impact in 2026. As workloads rise 15% while resources…

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…

2026 finance key issues including finance transformation, analytics, and automation

2026 Finance Key Issues

Finance leaders are turning AI into results in 2026. Discover how top organizations are improving performance as AI reshapes the…

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…

2026 technology key issues including AI, cloud modernization, and cybersecurity

2026 Technology Key Issues

The Hackett Group’s 2026 Technology Key Issues Study shows a clear divide emerging – leading enterprises are redesigning workflows to…

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 6): What’s Next on the Agentic Frontier?

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 6): What’s Next on the Agentic Frontier?

3 Min Read

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

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 5): The Roadmap – From Pilot to Scale

4 Min Read

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

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 4): What It Takes to Make It Work

4 Min Read

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

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 3): What Agentic AI Can Actually Do

9 Min Read

For procurement leaders evaluating agentic AI, the most pressing question is no longer “What is it and does it drive…

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 2):  Why It’s Worth It

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 2):  Why It’s Worth It

3 Min Read

Agentic AI is sometimes framed as a vision of the future, but its strongest value proposition lies in what it…

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 1): What Is Agentic AI?

Agentic AI and Procurement (Part 1): What Is Agentic AI?

5 Min Read

Procurement has long been a testing ground for digital transformation, adopting automation and analytics at scale to streamline operations, enforce…