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Apr 26, 2026

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8 min read

ProcureTech Unpacked Conference Summary

Final results, standout moments, and what caught our attention.

Learn how leading procurement organizations successfully leverage technology to get transformative results.

Editor’s Picks

The core concepts on which this newsletter is built.

How to Manage your Procurement Business Processes

May 15, 2023

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21 min read

How to Manage your Procurement Business Processes

The Procurement Professional's Guide to Business Process Management

Dec 1, 2024

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7 min read

My ProcureTech Market Map

Making sense of the complex procurement technology market

May 12, 2024

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9 min read

Your ProcureTech Roadmap One-Pager

A tool to communicate your roadmap to anyone

10 AI Subdomains That Actually Matter in Procurement

Jun 8, 2025

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21 min read

10 AI Subdomains That Actually Matter in Procurement

Enough with the Artificial Intelligence "fluff" pieces

Full Archive

Detailed articles with practical, actionable advice on a procurement technology process, tool or framework.

One Year at Pure Procurement: Insights and Lessons from a Rookie

Apr 19, 2026

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6 min read

One Year at Pure Procurement: Insights and Lessons from a Rookie

Three lessons from year one: clarity, relationships, resilience

Apr 12, 2026

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25 min read

The Agentic Procurement Team Playbook

A readiness assessment and system design guide for CPOs evaluating autonomous procurement technology.

Confessions from an Intake & Orchestration RFP

Apr 5, 2026

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9 min read

Confessions from an Intake & Orchestration RFP

What buyers notice, what vendors miss, and what actually wins deals

The Repeat Game: Why Procurement Always Negotiates at a Disadvantage

Mar 29, 2026

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10 min read

The Repeat Game: Why Procurement Always Negotiates at a Disadvantage

A Q&A with Vertice CEO Eldar Tuvey

How to Predict Your ProcureTech Timeline (Without a Crystal Ball)

Mar 22, 2026

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9 min read

How to Predict Your ProcureTech Timeline (Without a Crystal Ball)

The power of Reference-Class Forecasting

The Most Important Requirement That’s Not in your RFP

Mar 15, 2026

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8 min read

The Most Important Requirement That’s Not in your RFP

What actually matters when your RFP misses something important

What Is a Conference Room Pilot (CRP) in Procurement Technology?

Mar 8, 2026

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28 min read

What Is a Conference Room Pilot (CRP) in Procurement Technology?

How to run a CRP that validates processes, people, and decisions

The Pixar Method for Procurement Transformation

Mar 1, 2026

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9 min read

The Pixar Method for Procurement Transformation

No RFP. No requirements doc. No Gantt chart.

Next-Gen SAP Ariba: An Insider's View from the Beta Program

Feb 15, 2026

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8 min read

Next-Gen SAP Ariba: An Insider's View from the Beta Program

SAP Ariba, Joule & Clean Core: What's Real and What's Hype in 2026

The AI Agent Nobody's Building in ProcureTech...

Feb 8, 2026

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9 min read

The AI Agent Nobody's Building in ProcureTech...

Yet one everyone desperately needs

Gartner Just Confirmed One of Our 2026 Predictions

Feb 1, 2026

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7 min read

Gartner Just Confirmed One of Our 2026 Predictions

The 2026 Gartner "Source-to-Pay Suite" Magic Quadrant is out

Procurement Intake & Orchestration: Complete Guide (2026)

Feb 1, 2026

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27 min read

Procurement Intake & Orchestration: Complete Guide (2026)

What Intake & Orchestration actually is, when you need it, and the 14 enterprise vendors fighting for your budget

Jan 25, 2026

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9 min read

The Legacy Supplier Portal Is Obsolete

6 questions to pressure-test any “modern supplier onboarding” pitch.

What is Procurement? Complete Guide (2026)

Jan 18, 2026

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17 min read

What is Procurement? Complete Guide (2026)

How to Build a High-Performing Procurement Function

Jan 11, 2026

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8 min read

Change Management in the "Age of AI"

Real tactics for getting stakeholders to change how they work

Jan 4, 2026

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9 min read

Monthly Top 5 - 2025 Recap

The Five Biggest Highlights from the Year

Dec 28, 2025

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8 min read

My 2026 ProcureTech Market Predictions

Or, a surefire way to embarrass my future self...

Dec 21, 2025

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8 min read

The Top 25 Articles of 2025

And some readership stats that blew our mind.

The Obsolete Procurement Platform Checklist

Dec 14, 2025

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9 min read

The Obsolete Procurement Platform Checklist

Is your procurement system built for a world that doesn't exist anymore?

Dec 7, 2025

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27 min read

Purchasing Channels Explained

The 11 purchasing processes you need to master procure-to-pay

Nov 30, 2025

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10 min read

Monthly Top 5 - November 2025

Why procurement benchmarks and KPIs may be deceiving you...

The Supplier Master Data "Single Source of Truth" Myth

Nov 23, 2025

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9 min read

The Supplier Master Data "Single Source of Truth" Myth

Why Supplier Data Integration Hell Is Killing Your Tech Stack

SAP Ariba Just Killed the Legacy Source-to-Pay Suite

Nov 16, 2025

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8 min read

SAP Ariba Just Killed the Legacy Source-to-Pay Suite

After years of whispers, the market leader finally pulled the trigger

Stop Waiting for Perfect Data: AI Sourcing Examples

Nov 9, 2025

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10 min read

Stop Waiting for Perfect Data: AI Sourcing Examples

Killing the myth that you need perfect data to get results

Nov 2, 2025

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10 min read

Monthly Top 5 - October 2025

How an Intel employee stole $800K (and how it could happen to you)

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