Data & Analytics Insights
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…
Catalogs as an Execution Layer – From Static Content to Operational Leverage
Catalogs are often treated as a front-end convenience feature in procure-to-pay (P2P), discussed primarily in terms of user experience, item…
AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 6): What This Means for Practitioners and Platform Builders
The changes described across this series do not point to a sudden transformation of procure-to-pay (P2P) platforms. They point to…
AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 4): Structural Constraints Holding Back P2P Platforms
When AI add-ons stop changing outcomes in procure to pay (P2P), it is tempting to blame model quality, data volume…
AI in Procure-to-Pay (Part 2): What AI Has Genuinely Improved So Far in P2P Platforms
Despite the structural limits outlined in our first article actually changing in the era of AI, artificial intelligence has delivered real and defensible…
Category Management’s Role in an Ultra VUCA World
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
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
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
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
We recently launched a research campaign on the discipline of category management (CatMan), exploring how businesses implement it, its role…
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…
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…