Even the smartest procurement teams get stuck. Vendor re-approvals that never end. Catalogs no one uses. Contracts with clauses missing in action. Sounds familiar? That’s because it is.

These stories aren’t fiction. They’re pulled straight from conversations with real companies — Fortune 500s included — who’ve been there, done that, and learned the hard way.

What You’ll Learn Inside:

• Why even elite teams fall into vendor master chaos
• The real cost of clunky catalogs, rogue spend, and ghost invoices
• How AI-powered fixes (that don’t disrupt your stack) actually work
• A playbook of smart, experience-based lessons from the field

This isn’t just another trend report. It’s a field guide built on experience — from procurement veterans, analysts, and tech advisors who’ve seen it all. These aren’t theoretical “what-ifs,” but honest, anonymized breakdowns of what actually happened inside complex enterprises, and how they course-corrected.

Whether you’re a CPO, vendor manager, or transformation lead, you’ll find lessons you can act on — and share.