🤖No, it’s not an AI-Agent in Procurement. It’s just a patient chatbot. I’ve had plenty of conversations about AI in Procurement, AI-agents, and such, and many said, „We built an AI agent for procurement.“ Question: Does it wait for you to type something before it does anything? YES? Well, then it is not an agent. And, like everywhere else, it’s important to be precise in our wording and in how we execute things. Otherwise, it creates false expectations, and digital solution providers will sell you garbage at gold prices. Guaranteed. Technology has changed over the past 25 years. But not the way marketing cheats you. Let me give you two scenarios Here is a concrete example: You get an email at 2am: a key supplier just suspended shipments. ➡️ Chatbot scenario: You wake up, see the email, open the tool, type „summarize this situation,“ read the output, type „what are my alternatives,“ copy the text somewhere, and start making calls. You saved maybe 20 minutes. Nice. ➡️ Real agent scenario: The agent already read the email. It checked your supplier database, ran a risk assessment, identified three alternative sources with existing contracts, drafted a brief for your team, and flagged the situation as critical. You wake up to a decision, not a problem. You saved four to six hours, maybe more. That is not a productivity improvement. That is a fundamentally different way of working. A real AI agent receives information, analyzes it, and takes action on its own. Without you prompting it. Without you babysitting it. That is the difference between saving you five minutes and taking an entire task off your plate. Before you buy, ask one question: what does this system do when I am not looking? If the answer is „nothing,“ now you know what you have. The gap between these two modes is not about which tool you use. It is about whether your organization is actually ready to let AI close the loop autonomously. That is the harder conversation nobody is having.

STAMMDATENBEREINIGUNG MIT EXPERTEN & AUTOMATISIERUNG Die meisten Unternehmen kennen ihre Stammdatenprobleme und haben wenig Zeit für eine effektive Bereinigung ihrer Stammdaten. In Gesprächen hören wir immer wieder dieselben Aussagen: ➡️ „Wir haben Dubletten.“ ➡️ „Unsere Lieferantenstandorte stimmen nicht.“ ➡️ „Unsere Datenqualität bremst Automatisierung und KI-Initiativen aus.“ 👉Genau hier setzt unser bewährter Match & Clean an: ✅Dubletten erkennen ✅Adressen standardisieren ✅Standorte korrekt zuordnen ✅Adressen geokodieren ✅Lokationsdaten intelligent anreichern 👉Was kann Match & Clean-Highlights: ✅Automatisierte Adressbereinigung, Duplikaterkennung, Anreicherung und Geofencing, betrieben durch KI und verifizierte Datenquellen ✅Datenweitergabe, Rollen- und Rechteverwaltung, SSO und Whitelabeling ✅Geofences, Point-of-Interests und Layouts zur Optimierung von ETA-, IoT- und Automatisierungs-Workflows 👉Ihr Mehrwert ✔️ Einkaufs- und Logistikprofis mit langjähriger Praxiserfahrung und einem leistungsfähigen System unterstützen Sie ✔️ Lieferkettenstammdaten sind planungssicher ✔️ Supply Chain Risiken lassen sich identifizieren ✔️ Entscheidungen werden auf einer verlässlichen Datenbasis getroffen ✔️Praxiserprobt: Match & Clean wird bereits erfolgreich im komplexen Umfeld genau dafür eingesetzt und lässt sich nahtlos in bestehende Systemlandschaften integrieren. 👉Wie starten wir gemeinsam? 1️⃣ Erstgespräch zu Ihren Herausforderungen und Anwendungsfällen 2️⃣ Testlauf mit einem Auszug Ihrer Stammdaten 3️⃣ Analyse und Ergebnispräsentation 4️⃣ Kein Druck, kein Powerselling. Sie entscheiden über die nächsten Schritte Mit LogBook und targetP evolving procurement bündeln wir Einkaufs-, Daten-, Supply-Chain- und Logistik-Know-how, um aus Stammdaten eine belastbare Grundlage für Entscheidungen und operative Prozesse zu schaffen. Praktiker mit 30+ Systemintegrationen und langjähriger Einkaufserfahrung. 👉Sprechen Sie uns an und wir zeigen Ihnen wie Sie transparente und resiliente Lieferketten schaffen, Lieferkettenrisiken minimieren und Sie ihre Logistikkosten optimieren.

Back from the 3rd Annual Supply Chain Risk & Resilience Forum in Amsterdam. It was a pleasure to reconnect with a truly international community of supply chain, procurement, risk, and resilience professionals who are all working on one of the most critical challenges of our time: Building supply chains that can withstand disruption while remaining competitive and sustainable. One of my key takeaways from the forum is that while digital technologies, AI, predictive analytics, and risk intelligence platforms continue to evolve rapidly, the real differentiator remains people and culture. Unexpectedly, many risk practitioners, including me, talked about it. ⚡In my presentation, I shared insights from 15 SCRM implementations and focused on three themes that consistently separate successful programs from those that struggle: ✅ Risk leadership, risk culture, and trust are not soft topics. They are THE foundation of effective SCRM operations. ✅ Digital & AI-driven capabilities can significantly improve risk visibility, proactive mitigation, and cost optimization. However, technology only creates value when it is embedded in decision-making processes and supported by strong governance. AI will not deliver results. Period! ✅ The predictive advantage comes ONLY from combining digital intelligence with human expertise. AI risk identification & assessment must seamlessly integrate with human judgment, experience, and collaboration to enable better and faster decisions. The conference also featured many thought-provoking presentations and discussions. I particularly enjoyed the perspectives shared by leaders from SAP, A.P. Moller – Maersk, FMC, Stryker, Amcor, Bekaert, Moody’s, Tesco, KION, etc. on all aspects of supply chain resilience, who shared practical insights and different perspectives on how they increase robustness and integrity of supply chains. The discussions around trust, transparency, multi-tier visibility, and data sharing were especially relevant for the challenges organizations face today. What became clear throughout the event is that resilience is no longer a capability that sits alongside operations. It is becoming part of an organization’s DNA. Building that resilience requires trust between partners, transparency across supply networks, and the right balance between human insight and technological innovation. 👉A big thank you to Leadvent Group for organizing such a valuable event and to Greg Schlegel and Jim de Vries for the invitation and the excellent moderation and discussions throughout the forum. Looking forward to continuing the conversation on how we can move from managing risks to building truly resilient supply chains. 👉RECOMMENDATION to my network: Attend the 4th Forum in 2027. It’s worth your time. There are not many other comparable platforms in the EU