ProcureTech Unpacked

You're not just licensing software. You're deciding what kind of relationship you'll have with the company behind it, and most procurement teams find that out too late. This deep dive lays out seven dimensions that...

Spend orchestration and source-to-pay started as separate purchases. They're converging, and that shift changes the technology decision sitting in front of you. IDC's Patrick Reymann, Research Director for Procurement...

Your best procurement technology idea keeps stalling, and by now you've probably decided your colleagues are the problem. They're not. You are. This episode makes the case that the people who follow ProcureTech closely...

It's business case season, which means most procurement teams are about to build next year's case from a blank page... That's the slowest way to do it, and rarely the most convincing. This episode tells the story of an...

Waiting for your S/4HANA migration before you touch procurement technology feels like the responsible call. But, it's quietly the most destructive thing on your roadmap. In this minisode, Joël Collin-Demers lays out...

Most build-vs-buy decisions in procurement technology get evaluated on sticker price... And by the time the integration bill shows up, you're already in production. This week, Joël and Matt break down why the real...

In June 2026, the last of the top-eight Source-to-Pay suites on Gartner's Magic Quadrant quietly shipped its "AI Agent Studio". Now, every serious procurement platform has one. But before you take any "Studio" label at...

Every agentic procurement platform you're evaluating runs on a large language model it rents from a provider you've never assessed... And most vendors won't tell you which one unless you ask. This minisode makes the...

Your sourcing platform doesn't save a dollar until suppliers bid. Your risk tool doesn't flag anything until suppliers submit their information. Your P2P doesn't touch a transaction until suppliers transact. For most...

If you're relying on a flat fee monthly AI subscription to keep costs predictable, you're one usage spike away from a renewal conversation you didn't see coming. This week, Joël Collin-Demers breaks down the four-step...

Everyone at every procurement conference this spring said the same thing: "AI agents are the answer to procurement's problems..." Almost nobody could tell you the question. This week Matt and Joël cut through the noise...

That 6-month implementation timeline in your business case? It's not a forecast. It's a wish. In this episode, Joël Collin-Demers breaks down why ProcureTech projects almost never hit their original timeline... It's not...

"AI will transform procurement." Sure. But which kind of AI? Doing what, exactly? That question is at the heart of this episode. We cover three AI subdomains procurement professionals should actually understand —...

Most procurement platform decisions get made for the wrong reasons — and by the time you realize it, you're already in implementation. In this episode, Joël Collin-Demers breaks down the only factor that actually...

<p>The procurement technology landscape is evolving faster than ever, and separating signal from noise has never been harder.</p> <p>In our debut episode, hosts Joël Collin-Demers and Matthew Buckingham dig into what's...