Hi Member
Happy New Year! As the calendar resets, procurement teams are asking themselves: what will actually change this year?
The familiar challenges haven’t gone anywhere. Teams have invested in technology. Built catalogues. Documented processes. Run capability programs. And yet, the same friction points keep surfacing.
One of which is off-contract “maverick spending”, explored in this month’s feature article. We’re also opening up the maverick topic for debate in a Webinar on Wed 18th March. If you have maverick spending under control, come tell us what’s working. If you don’t, come tell us what you’ve tried and why the struggle is still real.
In this procurement digest, we also discuss how tail spend keeps regenerating and why AI agents are proving genuinely useful here.
Lastly, procurement orchestration seems to be in full swing. The phrase “single front door” describes what employees see: a single, consistent place to start, ask, and be routed. Orchestration is what happens behind the scenes: the decision logic, workflow automation, and controls that turn messy requests into compliant outcomes.
If you’re wondering where your team stands on any of these challenges, I’d welcome the chance to schedule a discussion with you.
Best regards,
