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What Is MCP? Procurement's Guide to the Model Context Protocol

Sep 27, 2026

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9 min read

What Is MCP? Procurement's Guide to the Model Context Protocol

Your vendors keep saying their solution is "MCP-ready." Here's what that means.

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Our most foundational concepts and frameworks

How to Manage your Procurement Business Processes

May 15, 2023

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12 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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10 min read

Our 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

Foundational Procurement System by Industry: ERP vs S2P Suite

Jun 7, 2026

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13 min read

Foundational Procurement System by Industry: ERP vs S2P Suite

The ERP vs. S2P debate starts with the wrong question.

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.

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

Dec 7, 2025

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16 min read

Purchasing Channels Explained

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

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Detailed articles with practical, actionable advice on a procurement technology process, tool or framework, in reverse chronological order of publication.

What Is a PO? Purchase Orders Explained.

Sep 25, 2026

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10 min read

What Is a PO? Purchase Orders Explained.

A plain-English guide to purchase orders: what goes on one, when it's legally binding, and the 16 fields your supplier needs to see.

Deploying AI Agents in Procurement Without Getting Burned

Sep 20, 2026

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10 min read

Deploying AI Agents in Procurement Without Getting Burned

A frontier lab just lost control of its own test agents. The lessons for how you evaluate, sandbox, and contract AI in Source-to-Pay.

Your Supplier Punch-Out Catalogs Are Broken. Here's How to Fix Them.

Sep 6, 2026

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17 min read

Your Supplier Punch-Out Catalogs Are Broken. Here's How to Fix Them.

The follow up to "Death by Supplier Punch-Out Catalogs"

Your AI Agents Can't Outperform the Platform They're Built On

Aug 30, 2026

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11 min read

Your AI Agents Can't Outperform the Platform They're Built On

The infrastructure behind AI agents that actually work at scale

How to Choose a ProcureTech Implementation Partner

Aug 23, 2026

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5 min read

How to Choose a ProcureTech Implementation Partner

99% of implementation success comes down to the team

Why "Purpose-Built" Procurement Platforms Win... Every Time

Aug 16, 2026

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18 min read

Why "Purpose-Built" Procurement Platforms Win... Every Time

A procurement and IT field guide to making the case for purpose-built technology

Aug 9, 2026

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9 min read

Death by Supplier Punch-Out Catalogs

The "solution" that quietly keeps the problems alive...

Aug 2, 2026

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6 min read

What Is an AI Agent Studio?

And Why Every Source-to-Pay Suite Vendor Just Shipped One

Jul 29, 2026

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7 min read

What is a Process Scope Diagram (IGOE)?

The essential primer on our favorite process-scoping tool

How to Build a Procurement AI Agent on Claude

Jul 26, 2026

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16 min read

How to Build a Procurement AI Agent on Claude

A no-code, no-nonsense guide to building procurement AI agents

eAuctions Replace the Negotiation, Not the RFP

Jul 19, 2026

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7 min read

eAuctions Replace the Negotiation, Not the RFP

The eAuction isn't the problem. Skipping the RFP is.

Jul 12, 2026

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10 min read

The Golden Age of Cheap AI Is Ending

Seat-based pricing was the bait. The usage-based bill is the trap.

Jul 7, 2026

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6 min read

What Is a Source-to-Pay Suite?

A clear, practitioner-built breakdown of what's actually inside an S2P platform, and how to evaluate one without the vendor spin

Supplier Risk Management 101: What It Actually Takes to Build a Program That Works

Jun 21, 2026

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13 min read

Supplier Risk Management 101: What It Actually Takes to Build a Program That Works

Most companies know they need supplier risk management. Far fewer know why their programs don't work.

What is Procurement Intake & Orchestration? Definition & Examples

Jun 17, 2026

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4 min read

What is Procurement Intake & Orchestration? Definition & Examples

The essential primer on I&O: what it is, how it works, and when your organization actually needs it

Do You Need a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Tool?

Jun 14, 2026

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10 min read

Do You Need a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Tool?

Or do you actually have a foundations problem?

Jun 7, 2026

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13 min read

Foundational Procurement System by Industry: ERP vs S2P Suite

The ERP vs. S2P debate starts with the wrong question.

Coupa's Tonkean Acquisition. Game Changer or Smoke and Mirrors?

May 31, 2026

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11 min read

Coupa's Tonkean Acquisition. Game Changer or Smoke and Mirrors?

Before you buy the story, ask these questions.

May 24, 2026

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6 min read

The Day Nobody Came to Our eAuction

And What It Taught Me About eSourcing Tools

P2P Requirements for Manufacturers, Distributors, and MRO-Heavy Operations

May 17, 2026

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13 min read

P2P Requirements for Manufacturers, Distributors, and MRO-Heavy Operations

What you need from a Procure-to-Pay solution if you manage materials, MRP or inventory

The Master Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Functional Requirements List for Indirect Purchasing

May 3, 2026

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25 min read

The Master Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Functional Requirements List for Indirect Purchasing

What you need from a Procure-to-Pay solution based on what you buy

Apr 26, 2026

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8 min read

ProcureTech Unpacked Conference Summary

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

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.

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