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Navigating Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz

Rerouting, surcharges, and capacity shortages are reshaping global shipping flows following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Immediate, procurement-driven action is required to secure capacity, control costs, and safeguard supply chain performanc...

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The Rare Earth Procurement Playbook

How to redefine rare earth procurement: stabilizing access risk and building long-term resilience.

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Scaling Agentic AI in Financial Services: Procurement as Enabl...

Agentic AI is moving from pilot to early, bounded deployment in financial institutions, introducing new decision dynamics within regulated workflows. Procurement plays a critical role in shaping how these capabilities are sourced, governed, and scale...

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Procurement Trends 2026

The Rise of the CPO: Four Imperatives Defining the Path to Enterprise Leadership

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Retail in Transition: Video Insights on Cost Excellence in Ret...

A three-part video series showing how retailers can transform indirect spend into measurable savings and long-term cost advantage.

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Simplifying Payment Costs: The Role of Procurement

In many retail banks, payments account for a double-digit share of operating expenses and up to one third of fee income. Yet cost structures often reflect legacy architecture rather than economic intent. This perspective examines how procurement disc...

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Insights from MWC Barcelona

At Mobile World Congress, Matthew Rose – Managing Director at Inverto – and Guillaume Gardy – Partner & Director at BCG – discussed the evolving role of procurement in telecommunications and technology.

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Powering the AI Revolution

Data is widely regarded as the oil of the future. To refine this new oil, vast data center capacities are required. Yet building and operating these facilities requires scarce resources – from energy and raw materials to skilled labor.

Advanced Analytics | AI

Price Development Challenger

The Price Development Challenger (PDC) leverages GenAI and market indices to quantify fair, product-level cost development and uncover structural price gaps in supplier negotiations. By turning volatility into clear, negotiation-ready insights at sca...

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The Hidden Pitfalls of Procurement Analytics – And How to Avoi...

Procurement analytics isn’t a silver bullet — but when done right, it’s a powerful engine for strategic advantage.

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Best-in-Class Digitization and AI at Scale in Industrial Goods

Discover how industrial goods leaders use procurement digitalization and AI to cut costs, boost resilience, and move from firefighting to foresight.

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Energy Procurement Trends & Challenges 2026

Execution is the bottleneck. How procurement must evolve to secure delivery, resilience, and value in energy.

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Procurement: The Hidden Value Engine Enabling Claims Excellence

When up to 80% of claims spend sits with suppliers, performance depends on how those partnerships are designed and steered. Procurement acts as the hidden orchestrator linking commercial discipline, data, and supplier execution into better cost, cycl...