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Purchasing news: what is changing for procurement teams
This section gathers Zylio’s articles for procurement leaders: performance and quick wins, contract leakage, price lists, ROI calculation, digitisation. Each article starts from a problem met in the field and describes what systematic control changes, without quoting a figure your own data would not confirm.
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Purchasing newsThe 7 most common ROI calculation mistakes, and how to fix the performance model
Finance teams validate everyone else’s business cases with rigour, then underestimate the value of their own tools. Seven modelling biases keep coming back; here is how to correct them, without a figure your own data would not confirm.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsContract leakage in procurement: how to verify that your negotiated terms are actually applied
A forgotten rebate, a price never updated, a unit price slightly above the purchase order: contract leakage is invisible in the ERP. Where it comes from, where to check for it, and how to sustain the check over time.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsDigitising procurement, finance and accounting: why traditional tools are no longer enough
Procurement has earned a strategic role, but its tools have stayed descriptive. Faced with scattered, heterogeneous supplier data, agentic AI becomes the missing link.Younes Samir ·
Purchasing newsProcurement: the return to performance runs through the balance between quick wins and a long-term course
On 17 February, 21 procurement directors debated with Olivier Philippot (Vallourec) at the Club Planète Sourcing. Three ideas emerged, and an architecture of performance in which AI agents have their place.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsCost reduction: how AI turns a successful negotiation into margin actually recovered
Negotiating a good rate is not enough: you have to check that it is applied on every invoice. Here is how AI compares quotes and invoices, line by line, and traces the gap back to its origin.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsPrice catalogue and AI: how artificial intelligence empowers procurement teams
A price catalogue fixes the negotiated prices of a list of items. On paper it is the ideal control tool; in practice nobody checks it against every invoice. Here is what AI changes about that.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsAI and procurement management: reading BPU, DPGF and invoices without retyping a single line
AI does not shine through creativity but through speed of detection: reading heterogeneous documents, extracting the data that matters, showing the gaps between what was negotiated and what was invoiced.Younes Samir ·
Purchasing newsThe digital transformation of procurement in 2024: AI, CSRD and data, according to the DPS barometer
The 4th edition of the Digital Procurement Success barometer from the Conseil National des Achats describes a pivotal year: less budget, more regulation, and a generative AI that everyone is watching without yet knowing how to put it to work.Tarik Aitakkaouali ·
Purchasing newsDigitalisation and AI for procurement: trends, benefits and challenges of an accelerating transformation
In 2024, procurement digitalisation and artificial intelligence are shifting gear. What AI really brings to procurement processes, what it demands, and where to start.Younes Samir ·
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