Inflation, supply constraints and volatile input costs can make a strong sourcing result look like procurement underperformance. When savings targets remain tied to last year’s
Honda spent more than $7 billion with over 5,600 North American suppliers in 2025, giving its indirect procurement network a significant role in how quickly
A K-shaped economy is making consumer demand harder to read as spending patterns diverge across income groups, product categories and regions. Higher-income households can continue
Procurement technology is becoming more closely embedded in the decisions that determine specifications, supplier selection, contracts and risk. BMW Group, Accenture and GE Vernova offer
Procurement teams are finding plenty of tasks where AI can save time. The harder test begins when the technology is expected to do more than
Procurement teams increasingly hold information that can reveal where disruption will hit the business, how quickly exposure could spread and which decisions need attention first.
Trade volatility, capacity competition and increasingly interconnected supply networks are exposing a weakness in traditional diversification strategies. Adding suppliers can reduce dependency, but resilience depends
Tight supply can quickly change the economics of a sourcing decision. Predictive procurement aims to help companies respond before capacity disappears, prices rise or traditional
Cisco is addressing memory inflation by changing both the quantity its products require and how the remaining supply is secured. More than 30 engineering programmes,
Procurement teams are dealing with a sourcing environment in which supplier conditions, geopolitical exposure, commodity markets and compliance requirements can change faster than traditional purchasing
Inflation, supply constraints and volatile input costs can make a strong sourcing result look like procurement underperformance. When savings targets remain tied to last year’s
Honda spent more than $7 billion with over 5,600 North American suppliers in 2025, giving its indirect procurement network a significant role in how quickly
A K-shaped economy is making consumer demand harder to read as spending patterns diverge across income groups, product categories and regions. Higher-income households can continue
Procurement technology is becoming more closely embedded in the decisions that determine specifications, supplier selection, contracts and risk. BMW Group, Accenture and GE Vernova offer
Procurement teams are finding plenty of tasks where AI can save time. The harder test begins when the technology is expected to do more than
Procurement teams increasingly hold information that can reveal where disruption will hit the business, how quickly exposure could spread and which decisions need attention first.
Trade volatility, capacity competition and increasingly interconnected supply networks are exposing a weakness in traditional diversification strategies. Adding suppliers can reduce dependency, but resilience depends
Tight supply can quickly change the economics of a sourcing decision. Predictive procurement aims to help companies respond before capacity disappears, prices rise or traditional
Cisco is addressing memory inflation by changing both the quantity its products require and how the remaining supply is secured. More than 30 engineering programmes,
Procurement teams are dealing with a sourcing environment in which supplier conditions, geopolitical exposure, commodity markets and compliance requirements can change faster than traditional purchasing
