Throughout 2022, Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa in Vancouver, Michael Van Keulen, says he was fortunate enough to meet many procurement leaders, customers, and partners around the globe. Reflecting on this crazy year, he speaks here of many challenges, from the war in the Ukraine to macroeconomic challenges, that required procurement professionals to work more …
Can Artificial Intelligence be an unexpected ally for procurement and supply chain in Africa? Prof Johan Steyn, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enthusiast aimed to answer that question for us at the recent SPW Indaba 2022. Digitisation and AI applications have been developed in the USA and Asia and are not always relevant to African markets, …
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Since the 1990s, with the launch of Amazon, there has been a revolution in the way people buy things. Now, the same revolution that started for us as consumers three decades ago, is starting for businesses, Samuel Oppenheimer, head of strategy at Dooka, tells SmartProcurement. It started slowly but became exponential. In 2021 over 2 …
