Procurement is operating in a far more volatile environment than in recent years. Geopolitical conflict, shifting trade flows, and rapid AI adoption are all reshaping supplier costs, pricing models and commercial dynamics.
This April, CASME hosted a joint webinar with The Hackett Group, focused on how procurement leaders can respond to this new reality. We explored how leading organisations are adapting their commercial strategies to protect value, challenge cost increases, and use volatility to create competitive advantage.
AI can process information at speed, but procurement performance still depends on human judgement, prioritisation and influence.
AI is reshaping how Procurement operates — from spend analysis and negotiation planning, to automating everyday tasks.
Procurement in 2025 is operating in one of the most challenging environments yet — from economic uncertainty and new tariffs to supply chain disruption, cost pressures and policy shifts.…