Panama draft limits tighten as Target and Caterpillar recast tariff costs
Panama Canal draft limits raise shipping costs while Target and Caterpillar show how tariff refunds are reshaping price and sourcing decisions.
Small importers set AI boundaries, Maersk moves customs guidance upstream, and Canada tariffs pause
AI sourcing boundaries, earlier Maersk customs guidance, and a Canada tariff pause put procurement decision gates in focus.
Spend Analysis: From Messy Transactions to Decision-Ready Visibility
Turn fragmented transactions into decision-ready spend analysis with explicit coverage, supplier normalization, taxonomy confidence, and exception handling.
Agentic AI Can Transform Procurement—But the Operating Model Comes First
Stan Moskovtsev responds to HBR and BCG on how agentic AI changes procurement teams, commercial models, decision rights, and safe pilots.
Kimberly-Clark unifies procurement, US restricts foreign robots, and an Arctic cargo lane opens
Kimberly-Clark unifies procurement technology, US robotics restrictions reshape supplier choice, and a new Arctic cargo service tests a shorter route.
Designing Effective Purchasing Policies
Build a purchasing policy employees can follow: calibrate bid thresholds, document exceptions, embed rules in intake, and measure adoption honestly.
US court keeps the low-value import tariff, Tyson trims its beef network, and a survey warns supply-chain AI is outrunning its guardrails
A US trade court left the tariff on low-value imports in place, Tyson moved to close beef plants as the US cattle herd hit generational lows, and an IDC survey warned supply-chain AI ambition is outrunning governance.
AI in Procurement: What Actually Changes from Sourcing to Pay
Which sourcing and source-to-pay steps AI has actually taken over — and which decisions stay human — mapped from surveys, peer review, and regulation.
US pressures EU on supply-chain rules, Japan's rare-earth drawdown, India's FTA window
The US threatens action over EU supply-chain rules, Japan's dysprosium and yttrium imports fall roughly 80%, and India's textile exporters eye 30-40% FTA-driven growth.
Transshipment crackdown widens, tariff refunds hit budgets, EU packaging rules bite
A White House report names more than 40 countries in tariff transshipment, Kimberly-Clark books a $45 million refund, and EU packaging rules take force.
Marine operator AMSOL moves procurement onto an agentic AI platform
South African marine operator AMSOL is consolidating sourcing, contracts, supplier management and payments on Zycus, with autonomous negotiation agents handling tactical spend.
Walmart supplier compliance cases drop 35% under risk-based audits
Walmart opened 754 supplier-standards cases in fiscal 2026, down 35% from 1,163, with unauthorized-production allegations down 71%, per its latest ESG report.
Tariff refunds reach procurement budgets: Kimberly-Clark recovers $45M
Kimberly-Clark recovered $45 million in invalidated tariffs to offset $150 million in oil-driven input costs, as CBP refunds pass $100 billion.
Supplier Relationship Management: A KPI-Driven Framework for Deciding Where Partnership Pays
What SRM is, what the evidence says about segmentation, contracts, KPIs, and collaboration payoffs - and a framework for deciding where partnership pays.
What Is Tail Spend? How to Define and Diagnose It
Tail spend is the low-value, fragmented end of purchasing. Learn how to define it consistently, separate it from maverick buying, and choose a first category.
How to Find New Suppliers Without Just Reusing Your Incumbent List
How to find new suppliers with a seven-step discovery process that widens the candidate list, keeps qualification controls, and audits every shortlist decision.