The latest news on people and tech in the digital procurement space, as well as thought leadership pieces on all things procurement software.
Your first tech investment should be spend analytics software.Picture this: you’ve just landed a Head of Procurement role at a growing company. Where do you...
Is procurement under-resourced? Teams are drowning in bureaucracy, buried under manual processes that add zero value. We’re fighting for more headcount. Instead, the focus should...
The rise of AI agents in procurement is one of the most exciting developments in our industry.Software that can autonomously perform tasks, analyse data, and...
Procurement culture sits at a crossroads. For decades, the function has operated primarily as a compliance and administrative function. Rules, processes, and risk mitigation dominated...
CLM tools have been around since forever. But the modern ones are disrupting the game in a big way. Procurement might just finally have the...
I’ve always said spend analytics software would top my investment list. That is, if I were starting fresh as a Head of Procurement in a...
Maverick spend costs organizations millions of dollars in lost savings, it impacts budgets because it bypasses negotiated contracts and supply agreements, and additionally creates significant...
Category-specific procurement tools – both in the direct and indirect spend space – are quietly booming. Even now, with a lot of talk about a stark consolidation of procurement SaaS solutions,...
We’re often bombarded with marketing from procurement tech companies, telling us how their product will enrich our work lives.And while all of us here at...
What are the major differences between running your procurement operations in ERP, S2P suites or a best-of-breed digital procurement tools?For folks like me, who are deeply involved in...
I’ve just got back from attending Zip Forward in London, where I was speaking on a panel with my good friend Susan Walsh.I’m really bullish on vendor-hosted conferences,...
I’ve been producing content on procuretech for 5 years.It’s official!I launched the first episode of The Procuretech Podcast on 25th March 2020. (We later rebranded...
It’s THE hot topic of the week.ORO Labs pulled a rabbit out of the hat on Tuesday, announcing their acquisition of London-based analyst and consultancy firm ProcureTech.I...
Digital procurement tools offer both immediate benefits and long-term returns.While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data...
In this week’s deep dive article, I share my opinion and thoughts about CIPS, and the ongoing debate in the procurement community:Is CIPS (the Chartered Institute of...
