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...
Every year, Q1 brings the same intense pressure: show clear results before budget reviews, without the luxury of time for long-term transformations to pay off. In 2026, the pressure is greater than ever, with teams facing workload increases, declining headcount, and...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down the President’s global tariffs has immediate implications for enterprise operators. First, it reinforces that trade policy authority has limits and can be challenged. Second, it signals that tariff regimes can change...
For today’s CFOs, every dollar matters more than it used to. Cost pressures keep intensifying, forecasts need to be more precise, and stakeholders want verifiable proof behind every savings claim. Even more challenging, spend data is still scattered across systems and...
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...
Every year, Q1 brings the same intense pressure: show clear results before budget reviews, without the luxury of time for long-term transformations to pay off. In 2026, the pressure is greater than ever, with teams facing workload increases, declining headcount, and...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down the President’s global tariffs has immediate implications for enterprise operators. First, it reinforces that trade policy authority has limits and can be challenged. Second, it signals that tariff regimes can change...
For today’s CFOs, every dollar matters more than it used to. Cost pressures keep intensifying, forecasts need to be more precise, and stakeholders want verifiable proof behind every savings claim. Even more challenging, spend data is still scattered across systems and...