Procurement
AI transforms purchasing into an analytical function: comparison, prepared negotiation, anticipated supplier risk.
Augmented Category Manager
The portfolio is analyzed in depth by category, purchasing strategies are based on actual market and consumption data.
Spend analysis, market data, Claude for category strategies.
1. Map actual spending by category and supplier. 2. Analyze the supplier market: concentration, price trends, risks. 3. Formalize the category strategy with an implementation plan.
Theoretical economics is validated in total cost of ownership: price, quality, risk, switching cost.
Augmented Supplier Contract Manager
Obligations and deadlines are tracked automatically, conditions are compared to the market, renewals are prepared in time.
CLM, deadline alerts, Claude for condition analysis.
1. Centralize supplier contracts with extraction of key clauses. 2. Schedule renewal alerts with sufficient notice to renegotiate. 3. Periodically compare conditions to market references.
An unprepared tacit renewal is a lost negotiation.
Augmented Buyer
Offer analysis is streamlined, negotiation is prepared with a complete file, supplier monitoring runs continuously.
E-procurement with AI, spend analysis, Claude for offer analysis and negotiation preparation.
1. Analyze and compare offers on an explicit weighted grid. 2. Prepare each negotiation: levers, alternatives, documented breaking points. 3. Set up monitoring on critical suppliers: health, news, market.
The comparison table doesn't see everything: visiting, calling, sensing the supplier remains the job.
Augmented Purchaser
Needs are anticipated, shortages are predicted, recurring orders are automated. The role refocuses on exceptions and suppliers.
Demand forecasting, stock alerts, order automation.
1. Ensure reliability of stock and consumption data. 2. Automate standard replenishments with dynamic thresholds. 3. Handle exceptions: shortage alerts, delays, supplier discrepancies.
Automation follows the rules; unusual events (peaks, crises) require immediate intervention.
Where to start
Comparative analysis of offers on a weighted grid: each tender becomes a use case.
Typical gains
Better prepared and documented negotiations; continuous supplier monitoring; savings identified through spend analysis.
Mistake to avoid
Choosing a supplier from the table without having met them. The real TCO includes what the grid does not see.