Legacy procurement practices largely shape cities’ artificial intelligence adoption. But gaps in these processes can disproportionately impact marginalized ...

For many years, companies have been actively investing in procurement automation. It all started with the introduction of specialized software applications for automating internal business processes.

Bid protests against a procurement process often center around claims of bias that result in flawed selection decisions. For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) put out a report in ...

Levelpath, the AI procurement platform built to deliver serious impact, today announced its inclusion in the 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions. Levelpath was recognized ...

The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...

Purchase orders (POs) are one of the most routine activities in procurement. Yet APQC benchmarking data shows that organizations spend anywhere from $14 to more than $54 to process a single purchase ...

Artificial intelligence is a hot commodity, but government agencies need to be cautious about buying it, experts say. The biggest consideration is security. “It’s a challenge. There’s no other way to ...

United States Government (USG) agencies are collaborating with industry and academia to understand limitations, risks, and ways to ethically integrate the benefits of Artificial intelligence (AI) into ...

The time‑tested request-for-proposal (RFP) model that has underpinned enterprise buying for six decades now feels outmoded. It is a the deepening mistrust between buyers and vendors that drives the ...

New analytics tools and technologies support data-driven procurement. In partnership withAmazon Business For decades, procurement was seen as a back-office function focused on cost-cutting and ...

As per Northwestern's Digital Accessibility Policy, the accessibility of a product must be considered during the purchasing process. The Accessible Purchasing Process and Matrix document details the ...

In today's complex government contracting landscape, the role of a procurement specialist is essential to ensure that agencies acquire the necessary goods and services while adhering to regulations.