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This month’s cover star is Zycus founder and CEO Aatish Dedhia who reveals how his company built for the agentic AI era long before it became mainstream, and why a deeply embedded, platform-first approach is now reshaping what autonomous procurement really looks like…

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Welcome to issue 71 of CPOstrategy!

Zycus founder and CEO Aatish Dedhia who reveals how his company built for the agentic AI era long before it became mainstream

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The 4 do’s (and 4 don’ts) of using AI in your bid proposals

The experts at BWS delve into the do’s and don’ts of using AI in bid writing as the tec…

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CEWA launches agentic AI-powered S2P transformation with Zycus

Zycus, a global leader in Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions powered by Merlin Agentic AI, has ann…

AI in Procurement

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Procurement leadership in Africa: What the Smart Procurement Leaders Awards reveal

The Smart Procurement Leaders Awards signal a meaningful shift in…

Procurement Strategy

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Top 5 procurement transformation pitfalls

In this article, CPOstrategy explores five of the most common procurement transformation challenges to guard against….

Procurement Strategy

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CEWA launches agentic AI-powered S2P transformation with Zycus

Zycus, a global leader in Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions powered by Merlin Agentic AI, has announced that Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA), one of Australia’s largest non-government education providers, has successfully gone live with the next phase of its enterprise-wide procurement transformation program.

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Redesigning procurement for the AI era

Ali Sarrafi, CEO and Co-Founder at Kovant, discusses the importance of redesigning procurement for the AI era….

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Tiger Brands: How procurement found its roar

How Tiger Brands has turned a governance crisis into R265 million in savings and a blueprint for AI-powered procurement…

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How Tenneco is navigating the agentic AI frontier in procurement

Tenneco purchasing director Bislim Goxhufi explains how his trust in Zycus is helping drive a new era of AI in procurement….

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Bolt’s autonomous procurement leap

How Bolt’s John Mahjoubi turned hypergrowth chaos into an agentic AI-led source-to-pay engine, powered by Zycus…

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How TealBook has successfully evolved with the times

The proof, as they say, is in the pudding – and the evidence of TealBook’s increasingly-successful evolution lies in its client relationships.

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Nearshoring and digital twins: Building supply chain resilience in the post-globalisation era

Dr. Amit Kohli, Associate Professor at University Canada West, how digital twins could b…

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Resilience and ESG: Why your procurement team needs to nail their data management

Renaud Bettin, VP of Climate Action at Sweep, looks at the foundational role of data management in sus…

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Procurement data — a necessary catalyst for sustainability and emissions reduction

Mauro Cozzi, CEO and Co-founder at Emitwise, explores the role of accurate data in driving sustaina…

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Tim Mawhood, Executive Director, GHD Advisory, answers our questions on supply chain sustainability and procurement’s role in driving ESG transformation.

It’s time for businesses to take sustainable procurement seriously

Consumers today are more environmentally conscious than ever, making sustainable procurement essential for businesses…

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Issue 71

This month’s cover star is Zycus founder and CEO Aatish Dedhia who reveals how his company built for the agentic…

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Issue 70

This month’s cover story features Sean Park, Vice President, Procurement, AP and Transformation at Arm, who reveals how an accelerated…

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Issue 69

This month’s cover story features a truly insightful discussion with Gilles Néron, Vice President, Strategic Procurement at Air Canada, explaining…

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Issue 68

Our cover story this month features Sören Petsch, Head of Procurement at Root, who discusses the revolutionary digital tools procurement…

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Issue 67

This month, we are focusing on the evolution of procurement in a rapidly-changing territory: the Middle East…

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Issue 66

This month’s bumper edition is bursting with exclusive content from DPW Amsterdam 2025. The theme this year was ‘Put AI…

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Kōse Advisory announces expansion as senior experts join global advisory network

Kōse Advisory today announced the expansion of its expert network, bringing together a select group of senior industry, policy, defence, procurement, supply chain, technology and geopolitical leaders to help clients accelerate strategic initiatives and navigate a more complex operating environment.

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