Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

Here is the link to everything I have written about spreadsheets in the Procurement Insights blog since 2007. 2007 97% Slight decline as early cloud solutions emerged, but spreadsheets dominated due to familiarity and cost. Procurement Insights (2007) highlights manual processes. 2006 98% Minimal change; early ProcureTech (e.g.,

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Procurement Insights

JULY 7, 2025

Between 2007 and 2025, Procurement Insights archives reflect a remarkable evolution in the procurement and supply chain industry—from basic cost and operational concerns to strategic, tech-driven, and resilience-oriented priorities. Here’s how the coverage informs our understanding: Evolution from Tactical to Transformational 1.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 5, 2025

eProcurement surged early (2007–2015) but slowed thereafter. – **AI** is rapidly becoming the strategic core of procurement, enabling predictive analytics, risk management, and process automation. ERP systems exhibit steady growth, reaching a plateau of around 45–50%. RPA adoption started in 2013 and steadily grew toward 50%.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 4, 2025

” The need for change management decreases significantly using an agent-based model that engages both internal and external stakeholders. Middle management walks the line: tasked with delivery but pressured to align with best practice endorsements. Procurement Insight Archives May 22, 2007 – The Change ManagementMyth?

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

Cited as a success in Procurement Insights (2007-2014), it embodied Hansens agent-based approach, likely a precursor to the Metaprise model, prioritizing the shared relationship between human agent experience and expertise and technology-based AI agents. DNDs success (2007) reflects Hansens user focus, cutting 50-70% failure rates.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

2007, 2014, and The GenAI Metaprise, Oct 11, 2024)involves observing data, acting, assessing results, and adapting, aligning with self-learning concepts but prioritizing practical outcomes over technical specifics. supplier performance metrics) over mathematical optimization, reflecting Hansens practitioner-oriented approach (2007 post,).

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 30, 2025

1996: Adidas Warehouse Management System Failure What Happened: Adidas’ new warehouse system failed after vendor bankruptcy, rushed go-live, and lack of readiness. 1997: Snap-on Tools Order Management Disaster What Happened: Faulty new order management system led to $50M in lost sales and 40% higher operating costs.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 2, 2025

(A PI Q&A) , A reader asked the following question: Aside from the basics of spend analysis and eliminating redundancy, I’m curious to hear of others’ experiences in dealing with mergers/acquisitions and how the cultural elements were addressed in terms of promoting the use of preferred vendors and the adoption of expense management policy.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

.” – CPO | Advisor | IIT | NUS | Stanford | Exxonmobil | Chevron | E&Y (February 2025) Based on my research and work between 1998 and 2004, I wrote a paper titled ACRES OF DIAMONDS: The Value of Effectively Managing Low-Dollar, High Transactional Volume Spend. You can access it by clicking on the title page image above.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 1, 2025

Since May 2007, when the Procurement Insights blog published its first post, one post has consistently garnered attention. MODEL 3 – RESPONSE & OUTCOME Conclusion : Hansens strand commonality would have transformed the Philips fire from a catastrophic black swan into a manageable disruption.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Scalability and Resilience Factor Agent-Based Model (Metaprise) Equation-Based Intake & Orchestration Scalability Agents scale across global networks, managing thousands of variables (e.g., Example Agents autonomously manage compliance across 50+ countries with varying regulations. tariffs, ESG metrics).

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Procurement Insights

JULY 19, 2025

Equation-Based Validation The DND case achieved “a year-over-year 23% cost of goods savings for seven consecutive years while simultaneously reducing the number of buyers required to manage the contract to 3 from an original 23,” using an agent-based approach – Are you chasing solutions or solving problems? Part 1 of 3).

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Procurement Insights

MAY 11, 2025

Steady Initial Growth: From 1983 to 2000, AI adoption would have experienced steady growth at approximately 1.5% per year, reaching around 25% adoption by 2000. This is the cornerstone of agent-based modeling.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

Network Member Question Aside from the basics of spend analysis and eliminating redundancy, Im curious to hear of others experiences in dealing with merger/acquisitions and how the cultural elements were addressed in terms of promoting the use of preferred vendors and the adoption of expense management policy.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 12, 2025

In fact, I emphasize AI as a tool for agility and stakeholder alignment, not a full substitute, aligning with my Metaprise models focus on decentralized, human-guided agents (2007 post). Icertis: Agentic AI Role: Icertis Contract Intelligence platform uses AI agents for contract lifecycle management, automating compliance and supplier terms.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Grimm went on to say, “there needs to be a partnership that includes at least the district’s CIO, purchasing agent, finance manager in charge of accounts payable, major user departments, and budgeting arm. One Final Note I forgot to mention that the above text is an excerpt from a Procurement Insights article I posted on August 1st, 2007.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 12, 2025

Procurement Insights (Originally published in May 2007) In the context of the above excerpt from my May 2007 series, “Dangerous Supply Chain Myths,” I want to share the following email I received this Morning from Spend Matters following The Hackett Group acquisition.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

It evolved from material requirements planning (MRP) and later manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), which were already being used in manufacturing industries to manage production and inventory. To counter Oracles PeopleSoft acquisition, SAP acquired SuccessFactors, a leader in human capital management (HCM), in 2011.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For example, many reports show that the adoption of e-sourcing by best-in-class companies has stagnated at 60% – 70% since 2007. An organization that does not know where it is going will have difficulties defining some of the critical aspects of digital projects, like: Solution requirements management.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Challenging Market Dynamics Video Impact: Addressed volatile pricing, customs delays, and supplier reliability: Dynamic Flux Management: Agents rerouted orders based on real-time market data (e.g., SUEZ UK (Waste Management/Utilities) Why: ESG compliance, supplier diversity, and cost efficiency. avoiding tariff bottlenecks).

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

My Take: Many Procurement Insights articles stress continuous self-cleaning data as vital, citing DNDs success (2004-2007) where human-AI synergy cleaned supplier data for 20% savings. Their platform enables rapid setup and delivers actionable insights for spend management. Without clean data, effectiveness drops sharply.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 12, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: In advance of reading the following post, have a quick read of the following two Procurement Insights posts from 2007 and 2023, respectively. Fullstep: Specializing in procurement optimization, Fullstep uses AI and analytics for sourcing and spend management. Their supply chain expertise (e.g.,

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Procurement Insights

JULY 14, 2025

eVA, Virginia’s eProcurement Program , knew this back in 2007 when the tech wasn’t as robust as it is today – [link] Instead of company names, we should know the names of the people behind each one. These points are logically sound and are generally accepted principles in project management and organizational change.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

His Procurement Insights blog, active since 2007, has over 14,700 followers, and hes authored nearly 3,000 articles, five books, and hosted over 900 episodes of the PI Window on The World Show. Tariff Mitigation and Risk Management: Hansens insights on supply chain risk (e.g., 5M in savings. or higher).

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 28, 2025

Parts 4 and 6 of my 2007 Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series speak directly to the points you and Xavier Olivera are referencing, Michael Lamoureux. EDITOR’S NOTE: In today’s post, I share my following comment in a LinkedIn discussion stream regarding implementing AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI solutions in the procurement industry.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc Andy Shigo, Head of Procurement at Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc, highlighted the flexibility of ORO’s solution in managing procurement processes, including new procurement requests, supplier onboarding, and compliance checks. G2 Reviews : User reviews on G2.com

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 23, 2025

Only a few times in the past 20 years have we seen such meteoric price rises including in 2007, 2017 and 2020.” These strategies should be transparent and developed in close collaboration with project owners to proactively manage risk,” said O’Reilly.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Instead, these technologies could redefine roles, emphasizing strategic decision-making and relationship management over routine tasks. It’s important to note that while automation and artificial intelligence are expected to transform procurement functions, they may not necessarily lead to widespread job losses.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Its spend management was fragmented, often requiring tools like Concur. Supplier Focus: Ramps supplier management is buyer-centric (e.g., Competition Scope: Amexs broader portfolio (consumer cards, travel) dilutes its ProcureTech focus, unlike Ramps laser-targeted spend management. PO syncing, bill pay). PO syncing, bill pay).

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 8, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2007, I wrote what is still one of the most popular posts on this blog: “ The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future ofOn-Demand. SAP Ariba A global leader in procurement software, offering a comprehensive platform for spend management, supplier management, and procurement automation.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 12, 2025

.” So, in today’s post, let’s discover what they are and how relevant they are to 2025 procurement and supply chain management. Each agent specializes in a particular task, like inventory management, order fulfillment, or production scheduling. regional suppliers for MACs $0.30/unit 10% on Brazil coffee to $4.40/kg)

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Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

However, the following excerpt from the 2007 “Yes Virginia” post raises serious questions regarding your 10x more experience reference.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Below is Part 6 of the 7-Part Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series , where I provide an extensive breakdown of the ISM, CAPS, and AT Kearney report originally released in May 2007. Successful organizations will need to adopt and utilize appropriate supply chain technologies that integrate functional management and track appropriate metrics.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It is this latter “twist” if you can call it that, that has enabled the optimization process to extend beyond the limitations of executional boundaries referred to in a May 2007 article that appeared in Supply Chain Digest titled Supply Chain Optimization versus Simulation.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Part 1 of 3) 2007 – Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA – Yes Virginia! ” 2007 It is incredible how the core foundation for success was the same in 2007 as in 1998. There is more to e-procurement than software!

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Supply Risk Solutions and its solution for supplier (chain) risk management. Supplier risk management is crucial for a variety of reasons. Supply Risk Solutions (SRS) was founded in 2007 to address these issues for the semiconductor and healthcare industries.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 8, 2024

” Let’s travel back to 2007 and then ahead to 2024. If we replace the word ERP with Generative AI, would the 2007 predictions by CAPS, ISM, and Kearney be any different today than they were back then? Kearney Report, which was originally released in May 2007.

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