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What changed in procurement, AI and the market—and what to check next.

Precoro's Intake Agent turns a description into a usable requisition

Precoro's Intake Agent turns a description into a usable requisition

The practical test is less work for the requester, fewer corrections for procurement and a purchase that follows the right route.

Oct 25, 2026

Pactum's Intake Agent puts autonomous indirect procurement to work

Pactum's Intake Agent puts autonomous indirect procurement to work

Intake is the entry point. The wider system checks, sources and negotiates indirect purchases through autonomous digital workers.

Oct 25, 2026

Elevatry raises €3m for strategic procurement AI. Now test the decisions.

Elevatry raises €3m for strategic procurement AI. Now test the decisions.

Category teams should measure whether a proposal survives scrutiny, including the time spent checking it.

Oct 25, 2026

Latest videos.

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Autonomous procurement, explained.▶ Watch31:13

AI & agents · 10 Aug 2026

Autonomous procurement, explained.

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Procurement, purchasing and supply chain: what’s the difference?▶ Watch13:36

Fundamentals · 20 May 2026

Procurement, purchasing and supply chain: what’s the difference?

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9 procurement activities AI agents will change.▶ Watch9:19

AI & agents · 13 May 2026

9 procurement activities AI agents will change.

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Purchase Orders Explained: What They Are, How They Work and Why They Matter

Purchase Orders Explained: What They Are, How They Work and Why They Matter

A practical guide to purchase orders in procurement and P2P

Oct 12, 2026

Procurement Strategy Explained: How to Build One That Changes Decisions

Procurement Strategy Explained: How to Build One That Changes Decisions

A practical guide to building a procurement strategy that connects to business outcomes

Oct 12, 2026

How WOP assesses procurement technology.

How WOP assesses procurement technology.

Our evidence rules, assessment questions and approach to vendor coverage.

Oct 11, 2026

Analysis & vendor assessments.

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Look beyond the claim. Understand the evidence and the buying decision.

Envoy: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Envoy: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Procurement workflows across existing systems, source-based buyer preparation and the limits of the public control and outcome evidence.

Oct 11, 2026

Enable: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Enable: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Supplier rebate calculations, claim controls and the distinction between forecast earnings and collected cash.

Oct 11, 2026

Emitwise at Green Project: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

Emitwise at Green Project: vendor at a glance and WOP member assessment

The current Green Project offering, supplier carbon evidence and the difference between better measurement and actual emissions reduction.

Oct 11, 2026

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AI & agents↗Authority, controls and work that gets done.Contract management↗Ownership, obligations and realised value.Direct procurement↗Specifications, supply and production readiness.Procurement fundamentals↗Build a firm grasp of the core ideas.Sourcing↗Find, compare and choose suppliers.Supplier management↗Performance, relationships and accountability.Risk & resilience↗Test exposure and plan for disruption.Procurement technology↗Evaluate the fit behind the feature list.

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Your AI supplier has a misbehaviour register. Can you see it?

Your AI supplier has a misbehaviour register. Can you see it?

OpenAI’s new disclosure framework exposes a gap in enterprise contracts: model misbehaviour may be neither a data breach nor an outage.

Oct 6, 2026

The first reported AI-agent data breach changes TPRM

The first reported AI-agent data breach changes TPRM

Spain’s first reported breach allegedly executed by an autonomous AI agent shows why supplier-risk programmes must operate at machine speed.

Oct 6, 2026

give the agent a job and the authority to do it

give the agent a job and the authority to do it

Be specific about what an agent can do, the rules it follows and what happens when a case falls outside them. Includes four working records and six prompts.

Oct 5, 2026

an ai business case needs numbers you can defend

an ai business case needs numbers you can defend

Hours saved can be valuable without becoming cash savings. Use the benefit record, cost model and six prompts to explain what the investment is meant to deliver.

Oct 5, 2026

make the software demo show you the work

make the software demo show you the work

A polished demo can leave your hardest questions unanswered. Use a real scenario, an evidence log and six prompts to see what the software can do.

Oct 5, 2026

your supplier review needs to change something

your supplier review needs to change something

A useful supplier review ends with work worth doing. Use the scorecard, issue record, action log and six prompts to get there.

Oct 5, 2026

who owns this contract when the handover is over?

who owns this contract when the handover is over?

The agreement is signed. Someone needs to make it work. Use a practical handover record and six prompts to find the work, assign owners and catch the gaps.

Oct 5, 2026

your contract is renewing. do you actually want it to?

your contract is renewing. do you actually want it to?

Before you negotiate the renewal quote, check whether the business still needs what it is buying. Use the templates and six prompts to build a recommendation you can act on.

Oct 5, 2026

wop. at work: your member resource library

wop. at work: your member resource library

Practical guides, working templates and 36 prompts for the procurement work in front of you.

Oct 5, 2026

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