Change is already here, and it is safe to say that Axiom is embracing it.
Axiom is a next-generation procuretech innovation which allows enterprise organisations to automate catalog sourcing, free text orders and tail spend and to transform the experience for buyers, suppliers and procurement. Its platform enables procurement to set up, manage and control a closed and automated marketplace environment for all content-based categories (both products and services) across the organisation. By addressing critical gaps in traditional buying channels, Axiom empowers procurement teams to meet evolving business demands with speed and precision.
And leading the client engagement focus is Alistair Cane who has been the Co-Founder and Director of Axiom since December 2020. Axiom co-created its platform in close partnership with enterprise procurement teams and while Cane describes enterprise organisations as ‘complex beasts’, he believes a collaborative model is essential for driving meaningful transformation. “Axiom was fortunate to gain experience through a DPW Scout Lab project with a global pharmaceutical company that wanted to completely re-engineer its catalogue solution,” says Cane. “Over 18 months, we worked from the ground up, spending time with different personas, particularly buyers and procurement teams, who needed not just a business solution but full control. In the end, we built the solution from the inside out which led to a procurement platform designed not just for procurement, but as a broader business solution which was exactly what the organisation was aiming for in changing the experience for their business users, as well as their supply partners.”
Axiom is powered by Axiom Intelligence — a unique combination of technology, AI and its managed service. Axiom Intelligence was built on the belief that technology alone isn’t enough to drive enterprise-scale transformation which is where Cane and his company come in and act as a key differentiator. “When we work with an enterprise, we start from the very beginning: planning the implementation, analysing data to build the business case, preparing for rollout, and driving adoption across the organisation,” he explains. “In many ways, technology is the final piece. Axiom Intelligence is ultimately a managed solution designed to guide organisations through that entire journey of change.”
Axiom is also a key, strategic partner of ORO Labs who are both working closely together via the ORO Open ecosystem. For Cane, he is excited about the collaboration with ORO Labs and believes both organisations are completely aligned. “We’re hugely excited by it,” outlines Cane. “Having worked with ORO Labs for a number of years, I think what we’re now seeing a suite of solutions coming together to form an ecosystem that enterprise organisations are not just talking about, but are actively implementing – and that dovetails nicely with the approach of ORO Open.”
Looking ahead to the future of the ORO Labs partnership, Cane is optimistic about what the next chapter of the alliance could look like amid procurement’s continuing transformation. “I can only see it increasing, as the conversations we’re having with enterprise organisations show,” he says. “There’s a definite shift from the approach of companies tinkering and trying various solutions as they might have done a couple of years ago, to a desire now to deploy an ecosystem of solutions that dovetail to deliver real value and transformation – and I think that points to a very bright future.”
Find out more about Axiom here.