Procurement stories
As AI shifts routine production in-house, only 28% of B2B marketing leaders now expect agency budgets to rise over the next year.
Enterprise AI purchases are facing tougher checks as 64% of buyers demand proof, slowing deals even as spending keeps rising.
Procurement teams face new scrutiny as Gravity argues many 'AI agents' sold to enterprises cannot handle real-world sustainability data.
The restructure puts sales and customer delivery under new leaders as enterprise buyers demand stronger governance, support and reliability from AI agents.
Sustainability teams could cut reporting and data-migration work by more than 70% as Gravity seeks to prove its AI agent can handle real workflows.
Stricter anti-money laundering rules are driving more banks and fintechs towards live company register data, lifting revenue at Kyckr 46%.
European suppliers could be paid faster as JAGGAER links approved purchase orders to virtual cards, cutting invoice delays and manual reconciliation.
The recognition comes as process mining demand accelerates, with Everest valuing the market at USD $1.5 billion to USD $1.6 billion in 2025.
The clean sweep underlines Commerce's push into complex B2B selling, as buyers demand tighter pricing, procurement and integration controls.
Independent verification of AI controls may ease procurement checks for biometric access systems in government, healthcare and finance.
Most IT and security teams cannot track AI use across their businesses, and Drata says the blind spot is already fuelling audit failures.
Teams can now analyse supplier and customer contracts without a waitlist, as Agiloft opens Astra to legal, procurement, finance and sales users for free.
The overhaul has already triggered nearly 3,900 workflows and onboarded more than 10,000 suppliers, tightening controls across campus operations.
The broadband provider aims to cut manual contract work and improve oversight as its supply chain and network footprint expand.
A Barclays survey found 62 per cent of IT and telecoms firms expect more defence work, but skills and funding gaps still hinder growth.
Small businesses could save time on procurement as an AI agent in Greater China sourced, ordered and paid for a sample without manual input.
One in five large contractors have missed UK work because supplier documents could not be produced fast enough, a survey found.
Most UK mid-market service firms are failing to stand out, with IT suppliers among the least distinctive and most easily overlooked.
Manual review time has fallen sharply at the Australian dairy producer, which is using AI to speed negotiations and track obligations.
Senior technology leaders are being asked to fund AI projects while keeping ageing infrastructure running on flat budgets.
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