The Agentic AI Procurement Masterclass & MAS Demo
Beyond the hype: what agentic AI actually changes in sourcing — and what it takes to make it work inside a governed procurement function.
Free to attend
What you get
- A live walkthrough of two agentic sourcing flows — built and run in front of you, not a pre-recorded demo
- A Certificate of Participation for every attendee
- Open Q&A with the Zycus solution team
- A working framework for telling point AI agents apart from governed agentic AI — the distinction that decides whether the investment pays off
Why attend
Most teams have seen an AI demo. Few have seen one survive real category data.
Very few procurement teams have watched what happens when agents are handed real supplier constraints, a real spend baseline, and a governance layer an audit team would actually accept.
This session is built for that gap. We take the architecture question first — why shared context and orchestration matter more than the model underneath — then prove it live, running a strategy flow and an execution flow end to end on a single category.
You'll leave able to answer three questions your leadership is probably already asking:
- Where does agentic AI create measurable value in procurement today, and where is it still a slide?
- What has to be true of our data and process before agents can be trusted with sourcing decisions?
- How do we assess an agentic platform against the automation tools we already own?
The 60 minutes
Half the session is live product, not slides.
■ Part 1 framework · ■ Part 2 live
Foundations
Agentic AI versus chatbots and automation — where it creates real value in procurement today.
The distinction
Point agents versus governed agentic AI, and why shared context and orchestration are the deciding factors.
The architecture
Why governed workflows determine whether AI pays off — and what that means for your stack.
The problem
By the time procurement is looped in, supplier preference and budget are already fixed.
Two agentic flows, live
Strategy Flow — should-cost modeling, AVL and ESG discovery. Then Execution Flow — pricing in three minutes, award modeling.
Proof point
A large logistics category: 70% less scoping time, 100% supplier response rate.
Close & open Q&A
Merlin Agentic Sourcing against the traditional approach, then the floor is yours.
Watch
See Merlin Agentic Sourcing in action
Who it's for
Procurement leaders across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
- Chief Procurement Officers and Heads of Procurement
- Category Managers and Sourcing Leads
- Procurement Transformation and Digital Procurement Managers
- Supply Chain Directors assessing AI investment
- Procurement Excellence and Centre of Excellence teams
Singapore · Malaysia · Hong Kong · Thailand · Philippines · Indonesia
Speakers
Who's presenting
Part 2 · MAS Demo · Merlin Agentic Sourcing
Tanvi Bhatt
Senior Solution Consulting APAC· Zycus
Runs live Merlin Agentic Sourcing flows for enterprise teams across APAC — from should-cost modeling through award.
About the partners
Zycus
Zycus builds AI-powered procurement software for enterprise procurement teams worldwide. Merlin Agentic Sourcing brings governed, orchestrated AI agents to strategic sourcing — from should-cost modeling through to award.
Registration
Reserve your seat
Wednesday 26 August 2026, 11:00 AM SGT. Sixty minutes, live. Joining details arrive by email as soon as you register.
Seats are capped so the Q&A stays useful.
- Free to attend · live virtual session
- Certificate of Participation included
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Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send the recording. Note that CPD points are awarded for live attendance only.