Oil and gas operators are under a lot of pressure to rein in maintenance spend without jeopardizing uptime. Yet MRO environments are often riddled with costly inefficiencies like emergency purchases, too many suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and poorly managed spare...
Procurement teams in pharma and medical device companies are in a constant balancing act. You need to move fast, but FDA and quality requirements don’t leave much room for speed. Every sourcing decision has to be precisely documented and audit-ready, which often turns...
Our Take on What the Gartner® Report Signals for Procurement Teams Procurement teams are operating in a faster and more volatile environment, but most sourcing tools are still built around managing events rather than influencing how those events play out. These...
Procurement teams understand the appeal of consolidation: fewer suppliers can mean lower costs, stronger negotiating leverage, and more efficient operations. But there’s a catch: streamlining your supplier base can also introduce risk, including reduced redundancy,...
Measuring procurement value usually seems straightforward enough. McKinsey named procurement efficiency one of the most powerful tools for significant savings, with a rising role in organizational resilience, sustainability, and long-term growth. So if you negotiated...
For procurement teams, there’s never been more pressure to deliver cost savings. According to The Hackett Group, cost reduction is one of the top priorities influencing the 2026 procurement world, and leadership is expecting results. That makes an already-pressing...
Food and beverage producers have undergone sweeping changes over the past several decades. Technology innovations have been massive, changing how food is grown, processed, and purchased. There have also been widespread and dramatic changes in how companies work with...
At this year’s Manifest Vegas, Arkestro CTO Ben Leiken joined Katie Date on Fest Live for a conversation about how predictive procurement is changing the way logistics and supply chain teams make commercial decisions. The discussion focused on a question many...
No matter how good they sound on paper, a lot of digital transformation initiatives stall because the procurement technology business case doesn’t fully add up. Vision isn’t enough. CFOs need defensible ROI, clear risk framing, and measurable outcomes they can stand...
Oil and gas operators are under a lot of pressure to rein in maintenance spend without jeopardizing uptime. Yet MRO environments are often riddled with costly inefficiencies like emergency purchases, too many suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and poorly managed spare...
Procurement teams in pharma and medical device companies are in a constant balancing act. You need to move fast, but FDA and quality requirements don’t leave much room for speed. Every sourcing decision has to be precisely documented and audit-ready, which often turns...
Our Take on What the Gartner® Report Signals for Procurement Teams Procurement teams are operating in a faster and more volatile environment, but most sourcing tools are still built around managing events rather than influencing how those events play out. These...
Procurement teams understand the appeal of consolidation: fewer suppliers can mean lower costs, stronger negotiating leverage, and more efficient operations. But there’s a catch: streamlining your supplier base can also introduce risk, including reduced redundancy,...
Measuring procurement value usually seems straightforward enough. McKinsey named procurement efficiency one of the most powerful tools for significant savings, with a rising role in organizational resilience, sustainability, and long-term growth. So if you negotiated...
For procurement teams, there’s never been more pressure to deliver cost savings. According to The Hackett Group, cost reduction is one of the top priorities influencing the 2026 procurement world, and leadership is expecting results. That makes an already-pressing...
Food and beverage producers have undergone sweeping changes over the past several decades. Technology innovations have been massive, changing how food is grown, processed, and purchased. There have also been widespread and dramatic changes in how companies work with...
At this year’s Manifest Vegas, Arkestro CTO Ben Leiken joined Katie Date on Fest Live for a conversation about how predictive procurement is changing the way logistics and supply chain teams make commercial decisions. The discussion focused on a question many...
No matter how good they sound on paper, a lot of digital transformation initiatives stall because the procurement technology business case doesn’t fully add up. Vision isn’t enough. CFOs need defensible ROI, clear risk framing, and measurable outcomes they can stand...